Osmadenia tenella |
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false rosinweed, osmadenia |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Barren, often rocky, exposed hillsides, canyons, chaparral, woodlands |
Elevation | 10–600(–1200) m (0–2000(–3900) ft) |
Distribution |
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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