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Mt. Tamalpais lessingia, Tamalpais lessingia

Leaves

sparsely stipitate-glandular or not.

Disc florets

5–10.

Phyllaries

stipitate-glandular.

2n

= 10.

Lessingia micradenia var. micradenia

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Openings, chaparral, thin, gravelly soils of serpentine outcrops, roadsides
Elevation 100–500 m (300–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety micradenia is known only from the Mount Tamalpais region in Marin County.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 456.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Lessingia > Lessingia micradenia
Sibling taxa
L. micradenia var. glabrata
Name authority unknown
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