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golden chaetopappa, golden-ray pentachaeta

fragile pentachaeta, fragile pygmy daisy

Habit Plants 5–36 cm. Plants 4–16 cm.
Stems

branched.

diffusely branched.

Leaf

blades linear, 10–35(–55) × 1(–3) mm.

blades spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 5–15(–25) × 1–3 mm.

Involucres

turbinate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

14–52;

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

7–12;

corollas yellow, laminae ca. 5 mm.

Disc florets

30–90;

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

10–23;

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.

of (8–)15–20 bristles, not dilated at base.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Pentachaeta aurea

Pentachaeta fragilis

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Grassy or shrubby areas Grassy areas
Elevation 30–2000 m (100–6600 ft) 50–2300 m (200–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (nw Baja California)
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from FNA
CA
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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. bellidiflora, P. exilis, P. lyonii
Synonyms Chaetopappa aurea Chaetopappa fragilis
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 336. (1840) Brandegee: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 170. (1915)
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