Hymenoxys odorata
bitter hymenoxys, bitter rubberweed, fragrant bitter weed, poison rubberweed, western bitterweed
1–25, usually purple-red-tinted proximally, sometimes throughout, often branched throughout, ± hairy.
blades simple or lobed (lobes 3–19+), ± hairy, gland-dotted;
mid leaves lobed (lobes 5–11+, terminal lobes 0.3–1 mm wide).
2–12 cm, sparsely hairy.
subhemispheric to campanulate to ± urceolate, 6–10 × 7–12.5 mm.
8–13;
corollas yellow, 8.5–11 × 3–5.5 mm.
50–150+;
corollas 2.6–4.1 mm.
in 2 series, unequal;
outer 8–13, basally connate 1/4–1/3 their lengths, obovate to oblanceolate, 3.5–5.2 mm, apices acuminate;
inner 8–13, obovate, 3.8–5.9 mm, apices acuminate to acute.
15–350+ per plant in paniculiform arrays.
narrowly obpyramidal, 1.7–2.5 mm;
pappi of 5–6 obovate, aristate scales 1.6–2.3 mm.
= 22, 24, 28, 30.
CA
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