Flora of North America species comparison

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Wyethia ×cusickii

Wyethia mollis

hybrid mule's ears, mule-ears

woolly mule's ears, woolly mule-ears
Habit Plants 30–40(–100) cm.
Basal leaves

blades lanceolate to oblong-ovate (whitish to gray or green), 20–30(–40) cm, margins entire, not ciliate, faces sparsely to densely tomentose to tomentulose (usually gland-dotted as well), glabrescent (nearly bald in age);

cauline similar, smaller distally.
Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric, 20–25(–30) mm diam.
Ray florets

6–15;

laminae 15–45 mm.
Phyllaries

12–22, subequal to unequal, herbaceous, margins not ciliate, faces tomentose to tomentulose;

outer 20–40 mm (equaling or surpassing inner).
Heads

2–3 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays or borne singly.
Cypselae

9–10 mm, distally strigillose.
2n

= 38.

Wyethia ×cusickii

Wyethia mollis
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Meadows, dry to wet, open sites, openings in conifer forests
Elevation 900–2200(–3000) m (3000–7200(–9800) ft)
Distribution
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CA; NV; OR
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Discussion

Wyethia mollis grows in the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 102.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Wyethia
Sibling taxa
W. amplexicaulis, W. angustifolia, W. arizonica, W. glabra, W. helenioides, W. helianthoides, W. longicaulis, W. mollis
W. amplexicaulis, W. angustifolia, W. arizonica, W. glabra, W. helenioides, W. helianthoides, W. longicaulis
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 544. (1865)
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