Lasthenia maritima |
Lasthenia ferrisiae |
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hairy goldfields, maritime goldfields, maritime or seaside goldfields, seaside goldfields |
alkali goldfields, Ferris' goldfields |
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Habit | Annuals, to 25 cm (herbage not sweetly scented). | Annuals, to 40 cm. |
Stems | usually prostrate or decumbent, rarely erect, branched proximally, glabrous or hairy at nodes and distally. |
erect, branched distally, glabrous or slightly hairy. |
Leaves | linear to oblanceolate, 10–90 × 2–12 mm, (fleshy) margins entire or lobed, faces glabrous. |
linear, 10–80 × 1–3+ mm, margins entire, faces glabrous. |
Involucres | hemispheric, 4–7 mm. |
hemispheric, 5–10 mm. |
Receptacles | conic, muricate, glabrous. |
± conic, papillate, glabrous. |
Ray florets | 7–12; (corollas light to golden yellow) laminae oblong, 1–3 mm. |
6–13; (corollas golden yellow to yellow) laminae ± oblong, 6–10 mm. |
Phyllaries | 6–14, lanceolate to ovate, hairy (especially at margins and midribs). |
6–14, ± lanceolate (distinct tips ± deltate), glabrous but for apices. |
Cypselae | gray, linear to narrowly clavate, (2–)2.5–3 mm, ± hairy; pappi usually of 4–6(–12) brown, lanceolate or subulate, aristate scales plus 4–5+ shorter, laciniate scales, rarely 0. |
black, ± clavate, ± flattened, 2–2.5 mm, margins ciliate (hairs whitish or stramineous, curved), faces ± hairy and papillate; pappi 0. |
Anther | appendages ± oblong, obtuse (style apices ± deltate, glabrous or with apical tufts of hairs and subapical fringes of shorter hairs). |
appendages deltate or broadly ovate. |
2n | = 8. |
= 14. |
Lasthenia maritima |
Lasthenia ferrisiae |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Feb–May. |
Habitat | Seabird roosting sites, coastal headlands, offshore rocks, islands | Vernal pools and wet alkali flats |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) | 0–700 m (0–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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CA
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Discussion | Lasthenia maritima is a self-pollinating, “guano endemic” of seabird nesting grounds. It is typically found on offshore islands and rocks from the Farallon Islands, California, to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia and rarely occurs on the mainland. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
R. Ornduff (1966b) suggested that Lasthenia ferrisiae may have originated from hybridization between L. chrysantha and L. glabrata subsp. coulteri; it has morphologic features that are intermediate between the two. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 347. | FNA vol. 21, p. 343. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Lasthenia > sect. Ptilomeris | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Lasthenia > sect. Hologymne |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Burrielia maritima, Baeria maritima, Baeria minor subsp. maritima, L. minor subsp. maritima | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) M. C. Vasey: Madroño 32: 139. (1985) | Ornduff: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 40: 74, figs. 4n,o, 23. (1966) |
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