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fragile pentachaeta, fragile pygmy daisy

white-ray pentachaeta, whiteray pygmydaisy

Habit Plants 4–16 cm. Plants 6–17 cm.
Stems

diffusely branched.

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

Leaf

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

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

Involucres

campanulate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

7–12;

corollas yellow, laminae ca. 5 mm.

5–16;

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

Disc florets

10–23;

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

16–38;

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

Phyllaries

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

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

Pappi

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

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

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Pentachaeta fragilis

Pentachaeta bellidiflora

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Grassy areas Grassy, rocky areas
Elevation 50–2300 m (200–7500 ft) 0–700 m (0–2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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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. aurea, P. bellidiflora, P. exilis, P. lyonii
P. alsinoides, P. aurea, P. exilis, P. fragilis, P. lyonii
Synonyms Chaetopappa fragilis Chaetopappa bellidiflora
Name authority Brandegee: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 170. (1915) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 86. (1885)
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