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golden chaetopappa, golden-ray pentachaeta

white-ray pentachaeta, whiteray pygmydaisy

Habit Plants 5–36 cm. Plants 6–17 cm.
Stems

branched.

simple or with 1–2 primary branches, glabrous or sparsely hirsuto-pilose.

Leaf

blades linear, 10–35(–55) × 1(–3) mm.

blades linear, 8–45 × ca. 1 mm (glabrous or margins ciliate).

Involucres

turbinate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

14–52;

corollas yellow to brownish orange, laminae 3–12 mm.

5–16;

corollas white, sometimes reddish-tinged abaxially, laminae 3–6 mm.

Disc florets

30–90;

corollas yellow, narrowly funnelform, not contracted at lobes, lobes 5.

16–38;

corollas yellow, narrowly funnelform, not contracted at lobes, lobes 5.

Phyllaries

in 4–5-series, ovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely short-strigose.

in 2–3 series, elliptic to obovate, glabrous.

Pappi

of 5(–8) bristles, prominently dilated at bases.

usually of 5 bristles slightly or not dilated at bases, rarely 0.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Pentachaeta aurea

Pentachaeta bellidiflora

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Grassy or shrubby areas Grassy, rocky areas
Elevation 30–2000 m (100–6600 ft) 0–700 m (0–2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (nw Baja California)
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Pentachaeta bellidiflora grows in the San Francisco Bay region.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 48. FNA vol. 20, p. 48.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Pentachaeta Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Pentachaeta
Sibling taxa
P. alsinoides, P. bellidiflora, P. exilis, P. fragilis, P. lyonii
P. alsinoides, P. aurea, P. exilis, P. fragilis, P. lyonii
Synonyms Chaetopappa aurea Chaetopappa bellidiflora
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 336. (1840) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 86. (1885)
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