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Colusa layia, Colusa tidytips

beach layia, beach tidytips

Habit Plants 6–35 cm (self-incompatible); glandular, not strongly scented. Plants 2–18 cm (self-compatible); glandular, not strongly scented.
Stems

purple-streaked or not.

not purple-streaked.

Leaf

blades oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, 4–70 mm, margins (basal leaves) toothed to pinnatifid.

blades oblong or ovate, 3–45 mm, margins (basal leaves) lobed.

Involucres

± ellipsoid to campanulate, 5–12 × 3–12+ mm.

± campanulate, 4–8 × 3–7+ mm.

Ray florets

5–9;

laminae yellow, 4–15 mm.

4–10;

laminae white, 1.5–3.5 mm.

Disc florets

10–65+, corollas 5–8 mm;

anthers yellow to brownish.

5–45;

corollas 2–4 mm;

anthers ± dark purple.

Phyllaries

5–9, apices usually shorter than folded bases.

4–10, apices shorter than folded bases.

Ray cypselae

glabrous or sparsely hairy.

sparsely hairy.

Paleae

in 1 series between ray and disc florets.

in 1 series between ray and disc florets.

Disc

pappi of 16–22 white, ± equal bristles or setiform scales 4–7 mm, each proximally plumose and adaxially woolly.

pappi of 24–32 white to tawny or rufous, ± equal bristles or setiform scales 2.5–3.5 mm, each proximally plumose, not adaxially woolly.

2n

= 16.

= 16.

Layia septentrionalis

Layia carnosa

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Grasslands, openings in chaparral, woodlands, on serpentine or sandy soils Coastal sand dunes
Elevation 100–900 m (300–3000 ft) 0–60 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Layia septentrionalis occurs in the central and southern Inner North Coast Ranges and the Sutter Buttes (southern Sacramento Valley).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Layia carnosa occurs on the Central Coast and North Coast and in the San Francisco Bay area.

of conservation concern

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 268. FNA vol. 21, p. 268.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Madiinae > Layia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Madiinae > Layia
Sibling taxa
L. carnosa, L. chrysanthemoides, L. discoidea, L. fremontii, L. gaillardioides, L. glandulosa, L. heterotricha, L. hieracioides, L. jonesii, L. leucopappa, L. munzii, L. pentachaeta, L. platyglossa
L. chrysanthemoides, L. discoidea, L. fremontii, L. gaillardioides, L. glandulosa, L. heterotricha, L. hieracioides, L. jonesii, L. leucopappa, L. munzii, L. pentachaeta, L. platyglossa, L. septentrionalis
Synonyms Madaroglossa carnosa
Name authority D. D. Keck: Aliso 4: 106. (1958) (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 2: 394. (1843)
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