Wyethia glabra |
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Coast Range mule's ears, Coast Range mule-ears, smooth mule ears |
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Habit | Plants 15–40(–60) cm. |
Basal leaves | blades oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, 20–30(–40) cm, margins entire or ± serrate-dentate (often undulate), faces glabrous or finely stipitate-glandular, sometimes sparsely pilosulous as well (usually shining); cauline leaves similar, smaller. |
Involucres | hemispheric or broader, 35–60+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | (8–)12–27; laminae 15–25(–35) mm. |
Phyllaries | 22–24+, unequal, herbaceous, margins not ciliate, faces glabrous or abaxial finely stipitate-glandular; outer (30–)40–70 mm (foliaceous, much surpassing discs). |
Heads | usually borne singly (–2+). |
Cypselae | 10–13 mm, puberulent and/or finely stipitate-glandular (at least distally). |
Wyethia glabra |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May(–Jun). |
Habitat | Shady sites, dry foothills |
Elevation | 10–800 m (0–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Wyethia glabra grows in the Coast Ranges, often in the fog belt. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 101. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Wyethia |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 543. (1865) |
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