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false rosinweed, osmadenia

Leaves

(proximal) 1–3(–5) cm, smaller distally.

Ray corollas

tubes ca. 2.5 mm, laminae ca. 4 mm.

Disc corollas

3–5 mm, lobes ± hirsute.

Phyllaries

3.5–6.5 mm (paleae 4–6 mm) ± strigillose, strongly glandular, abaxial faces bristly, shaggy-hairy, especially margins and apices.

Cypselae

(rays) 1.8–2.7 mm, beaks 0.3 mm, or (discs) 2–2.5 mm;

pappi of scales 4–6 mm plus scales ca. 1 mm.

Peduncular

bracts 4–7, narrowly lanceolate, 4–8 mm.

2n

= 18.

Osmadenia tenella

Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Barren, often rocky, exposed hillsides, canyons, chaparral, woodlands
Elevation 10–600(–1200) m (0–2000(–3900) ft)
Distribution
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 269.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Madiinae > Osmadenia
Synonyms Calycadenia tenella
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 392. (1841)
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