Hulsea nana
Hulsea heterochroma
dwarf alpinegold, dwarf hulsea, little hulsea
red ray hulsea, red-ray alpinegold
1–7, glandular-puberulent and sparsely lanate.
1–3, glandular.
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.
mostly cauline;
blades green, broadly oblanceolate to spatulate, 9–21 cm, margins dentate, faces glandular-villous;
distal cauline leaves lanceolate to ovate, gradually reduced.
obconic, 8–12 mm diam.
obconic to hemispheric, 11–18 mm diam.
12–30;
corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 6–10 mm.
28–75+;
corolla tubes hairy, laminae red to reddish purple (narrowly oblong to linear, ciliate), 7–15 mm.
yellow.
yellow (lobes and veins red-tinged).
8–12 mm, outer narrowly obovate to oblong-lanceolate, apices acuminate to acute.
10–25 mm, outer narrowly lanceolate, apices attenuate.
1.
3–5.
6–8 mm;
pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm.
6–8 mm;
pappus scales unequal, shorter 1–2 mm, longer 2–3 mm.
= 38.
= 38.
Hulsea nana
Hulsea heterochroma
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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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