Tauschia stricklandii |
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Strickland's tauschia, Strickland's umbrella-wort |
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Habit | Herbs acaulous or very short-caulescent, green, 10–25 cm, glabrous. |
Leaves | 1–2-ternate or 1-pinnate; petiole 2–10 cm; blade ovate to obovate, 2–5 × 2–3 cm; leaflets (ultimate segments) elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10–30 × 5–8 mm, not lobed, margins entire. |
Peduncles | 5–20 cm, exceeding leaves. |
Umbels | rays 4–9, (0–)3–7(–15) mm, very unequal, spreading-ascending; involucel bractlets not leaflike, ascending, linear to lanceolate, 1–3 mm, shorter than flowers and fruits, undivided or sometimes lobed near apex, margins entire. |
Pedicels | 0–4 mm. |
Flowers | petals yellow. |
Schizocarps | broadly ellipsoid to subglobose; mericarps 2–3 × 2–3 mm; ribs obscure or flattened; oil ducts 2–3 in intervals, 4–6 on commissure. |
Tauschia stricklandii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Meadows, moist slopes. |
Elevation | 1500–2000 m. [4900–6600 ft.] |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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Discussion | Tauschia stricklandii occurs on and near Mt. Rainier and in western Yakima County, Washington, and on steep slopes west of Mt. Hood, Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 13. |
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Synonyms | Hesperogenia stricklandii |
Name authority | (J. M. Coulter & Rose) Mathias & Constance: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 121. (1941) — (as stricklandi) |
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