Phalacroseris bolanderi |
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Bolander dandelion, Bolander's mock dandelion |
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Leaves | 6–20 cm, faces glabrous. |
Involucres | 7–13 mm after flowering. |
Florets | 10–18 mm, much surpassing phyllaries at flowering, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | not reflexed in fruit, margins often red distally, glabrous or minutely puberulent apically. |
Cypselae | straight or slightly curved on one side, 3–4 mm, obtusely 3-angled at 1 adaxial and 2 lateral nerves. |
2n | = 18. |
Phalacroseris bolanderi |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and sphagnum bogs, coniferous upper montane forests and mixed subalpine woodlands |
Elevation | 1800–3000 m (5900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | A vestigial coroniform pappus found in some individuals is too minor a feature to merit varietal designation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 374. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Phalacroseris |
Synonyms | P. bolanderi var. coronata |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 364. (1868) |
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