Hulsea nana
Hulsea californica
dwarf alpinegold, dwarf hulsea, little hulsea
San Diego alpinegold, San Diego sunflower
1–7, glandular-puberulent and sparsely lanate.
(1–)3–10, leafy, lanate to woolly.
mostly basal;
blades narrowly spatulate, 2–6 cm, margins lobed or toothed (lobes or teeth mostly oblong), faces sparsely lanate to woolly;
distal cauline leaves narrowly lanceolate, much reduced.
basal and cauline;
blades gray to grayish green, broadly oblanceolate to spatulate, 6–10 cm, margins undulate to weakly lobed, faces densely lanate;
distal cauline leaves lanceolate to narrowly obovate, gradually reduced.
obconic, 8–12 mm diam.
broadly conic to hemispheric, 15–26 mm diam.
12–30;
corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 6–10 mm.
22–40;
corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 9–12 mm.
yellow.
yellow.
8–12 mm, outer narrowly obovate to oblong-lanceolate, apices acuminate to acute.
9–14 mm, outer lanceolate, apices attenuate.
1.
2–5.
6–8 mm;
pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm.
4–6 mm;
pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm.
= 38.
= 38.
Hulsea nana
Hulsea californica
Densely lanate or woolly plants of Hulsea nana are referable to var. larsenii. Such plants may occur in distinct populations but can be found together with sparsely lanate and strictly glandular plants. The distribution of lanate to woolly plants appears associated with higher levels of insolation.
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Of conservation concern.
Hulsea californica grows in the eastern Peninsular Ranges, San Diego County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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