Lessingia nana
Lessingia nemaclada
dwarf lessingia, little lessingia
slenderstem lessingia, thread stem lessingia
decumbent, tan, woolly.
erect, tan to brown, glabrous or villous.
basal withering by flowering;
cauline margins entire, faces gland-dotted (in pits), abaxial woolly.
basal withering by flowering;
cauline margins entire, faces gland-dotted (in pits) and sometimes stipitate-glandular, abaxial glabrous or villous to tomentose.
obconic, 7–10 mm.
narrowly obconic, 5–6 mm.
10–20;
corollas white or pale lavender (color more intense in tubes);
style-branch appendages truncate-penicillate, 0.2–0.4 mm.
3–10;
corollas usually white, sometimes pale lavender (color more intense in tubes);
style-branch appendages usually lanceolate, sometimes truncate-penicillate, 0.4–1 mm.
green, faces woolly, gland-dotted;
inner cartilaginous (stiff, white).
usually purple-tipped, faces glabrous, stipitate-glandular and gland-dotted;
inner scarious.
borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, in axils of leaves or at ends of branchlets.
borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, usually at ends of branchlets.
pink to red, longer than cypselae.
tan, equaling or longer than cypselae.
= 10.
= 10, 12.
Lessingia nana
Lessingia nemaclada
Lessingia nana is known from the northern Great Central Valley, adjacent foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and foothills of the Cascade Range.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Lessingia nemaclada is widespread in central and northern California (except near the coast) and is morphologically variable.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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