Logfia gallica
Logfia depressa
cotonnière de france, daggerleaf, daggerleaf cottonrose, daggerleaf cottonweed, narrow-leaf cudweed, narrowleaf cottonrose
dwarf cottonrose, hierba limpia, spreading cottonrose
1–5, ± erect;
branches ± leafy between proximal forks, remaining grayish to greenish, arachnoid-sericeous.
(1–)3–10+, typically ± prostrate;
branches ± leafy between proximal forks, remaining grayish to whitish, lanuginose.
mostly subulate, largest 20–30(–40) × 1–1.5(–2) mm, ± stiff;
longest capitular leaves 2–5 times head heights, acute or subspinose.
elliptic to obovate, largest 6–8(–10) × 1–2 mm, pliant;
longest capitular leaves mostly 0.8–1.5 times head heights, obtuse.
fungiform to obovoid, 0.7–0.9 mm, heights 0.8–1.1 times diams.
obovoid, 0.9–1.2 mm, heights 1.4–1.6 times diams.
outer 9–12 epappose, inner 8–14(–30) pappose.
outer 7–13 epappose, inner (4–)10–21 pappose.
[2–]3–5;
corollas 2.2–3 mm, lobes mostly 4, brownish to yellowish.
2–5;
corollas 1.3–2 mm, lobes mostly 5, yellowish to brownish.
usually 5, equal, unlike paleae (hyaline, obovate).
0, vestigial, or 1–4, unequal, ± like paleae.
in glomerules of (2–)3–10(–14) in strictly dichasiiform arrays, narrowly ampulliform, largest (3–)3.5–4.5 × 2–3 mm.
in glomerules of 2–5 in ± dichasiiform arrays, ± pyriform, largest 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm.
outer incurved, proximally ± horizontal, distally erect, compressed, [0.8–]0.9–1 mm;
inner ± sparsely papillate;
pappi of 18–28+ bristles falling in complete or partial rings, 2.2–3 mm.
outer nearly straight, ± erect, compressed, 0.7–0.9 mm;
inner mostly smooth;
pappi of (11–)13–15 bristles falling in 1s or 2s, 1.3–2.4 mm.
paleae (except innermost) 9–12 in 2 series, ± vertically ranked, tightly saccate, inflexed 70–90° proximally, gibbous, ± galeate, longest 3.3–4.1 mm, distal 15–30% of lengths glabrous abaxially;
bodies ± bony, ± terete;
wings prominent.
paleae (except innermost) 7–13 in 2(–3) series, spirally ranked, loosely saccate, incurved 20–60°, somewhat gibbous, not galeate, longest 2.1–3.1 mm, distal 20–50% of lengths glabrous abaxially;
bodies (except midnerves) chartaceous, ± terete;
wings prominent.
paleae ± 5, spreading in 1 series, pistillate.
paleae ± 5, spreading in 1 series, pistillate.
= 28 (former USSR, Portugal).
Logfia gallica
Logfia depressa
Logfia gallica is introduced in South America, Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Australia, and probably elsewhere.
Logfia gallica is readily recognized by its relatively long and stiff awl-shaped leaves. In the flora, L. gallica is relatively common in the Californian Floristic Province from southwestern Oregon to northwestern Baja California (including the Channel Islands). It is often so well integrated with indigenous vegetation as to appear native. The first known collection in the flora area was from Newcastle, California, around 1883. It had been collected throughout central California by 1935 and had occupied most of its present North American range by 1970.
In the flora area, Logfia gallica tends to grow larger than in its native range.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Reported to be eaten by desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii), Logfia depressa is known from the Mojave Desert and most of the Sonoran Desert (except islands and lower Colorado River valley) including arid Baja California; isolated collections are known from southwestern California and Carson City, Nevada (where recently extirpated).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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