Wyethia glabra |
Wyethia longicaulis |
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Coast Range mule's ears, Coast Range mule-ears, smooth mule ears |
Humboldt County wyethia, Humboldt mule-ears |
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Habit | Plants 15–40(–60) cm. | Plants 20–40(–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. |
blades narrowly oblong-lanceolate to lance-linear, 15–25(–40) cm, margins entire or denticulate, faces glabrous (usually gland-dotted and ± vernicose, the varnish, in age, becoming whitish and opaque); cauline leaves similar, smaller distally. |
Involucres | hemispheric or broader, 35–60+ mm diam. |
broadly hemispheric or campanulate, 10–20(–30) mm diam. |
Ray florets | (8–)12–27; laminae 15–25(–35) mm. |
5–8+; laminae 18–30 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). |
14–18+, unequal to subequal, herbaceous, margins not ciliate, faces glabrous (gland-dotted); outer 18–25+ mm (equaling or surpassing discs). |
Heads | usually borne singly (–2+). |
2–4+ in racemiform to corymbiform arrays or borne singly. |
Cypselae | 10–13 mm, puberulent and/or finely stipitate-glandular (at least distally). |
6–8 mm, glabrous. |
Wyethia glabra |
Wyethia longicaulis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May(–Jun). | Flowering late May–early Jul. |
Habitat | Shady sites, dry foothills | Grassy slopes, openings in forests |
Elevation | 10–800 m (0–2600 ft) | 700–1500 m (2300–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Wyethia glabra grows in the Coast Ranges, often in the fog belt. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Wyethia longicaulis is known only from the Coast Ranges of northern California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 101. | FNA vol. 21, p. 103. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Wyethia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Wyethia |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 543. (1865) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 4. (1883) |
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