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grassy rockgoldenrod, rock goldenrod

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rock-goldenrod

Stems

1–20+.

0.8–3 cm.

Leaf

blades 20–120 × 1–12 mm;

cauline well developed, coriaceous, bases cuneate to attenuate, expanded laterally and abaxially, clasping, less so distally, apices acute to attenuate.

blades usually 3–5-nerved, broadly linear to oblanceolate, rarely lanceolate, 30–120 × 2–12 mm.

Peduncles

1–5+ mm, glabrous or scabrous, resinous.

Involucres

6–9.5 × 1.9–3 mm.

Ray florets

1–3, pistillate;

corollas 4–8 mm, tubes 2–3.5 mm, laminae ± elliptic, 2.5–4.5 × 0.7–2.5 mm, lobes 0.5–1 mm;

style branches 1–2 mm, linear-lanceolate, stigmatic lines extending around entire margin, appendages 0.

(1–)2–3;

corollas 4.5–9 mm, laminae 1–2.4 mm wide.

Disc florets/Disc corollas

3.5-5.5 mm;

style branches essentially lacking, stigmatic lines 0, appendages ± 1 mm, covered with collecting hairs.

2–4;

corollas 4.5–6.2 mm, lobes 0.8–1.3 mm.

Phyllaries

mostly tan, 1–7 × 0.5–1+ mm, margins mostly entire, apices acute to attenuate (outer), obtuse to truncate, often mucronate (inner), a darker, thickened subapical gland often present.

10–21.

Heads

25+.

Cypselae

of ray 4–5 mm;

pappi 3.5–7 mm.

2n

= 18, 36.

Petradoria pumila

Petradoria pumila var. pumila

Phenology Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Dry, open, rocky places
Elevation 1000–3100 m (3300–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WY
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from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WY
Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Leaves usually 1(–3)-nerved, 1–2 mm wide, often; involucres 1.3–2 mm wide; ray florets usually 1, laminae 0.7–1.5 mm wide; disc florets 2–3
var. graminea
1. Leaves usually 3–5-nerved, 2–12 mm wide; involucres 1.9–3 mm wide; ray florets usually (1–)2–3, laminae 1–2.4 mm wide; disc florets 2–4
var. pumila
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 172. FNA vol. 20, p. 172.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Petradoria Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Petradoria > Petradoria pumila
Sibling taxa
P. pumila var. graminea
Subordinate taxa
P. pumila var. graminea, P. pumila var. pumila
Synonyms Chrysoma pumila
Name authority (Nuttall) Greene: Erythea 3: 13. (1895) unknown
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