Agnorhiza elata

(H. M. Hall) W. A. Weber

Phytologia 85: 19. 1999.

Endemic
Basionym: Wyethia elata H. M. Hall Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 208. 1912,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 105. Mentioned on page 104.

Plants 50–100 cm. Stems erect, usually branched distally. Cauline leaves: blades ovate-lanceolate to deltate, (8–)10–15(–20) cm, bases truncate to subcordate, margins entire or finely dentate or serrulate, faces tomentulose to pilosulous (and gland-dotted). Heads held beyond leaves. Involucres hemispheric, 25–40 mm diam. Outer phyllaries lanceolate, 20–30 mm (equaling or surpassing discs, tips often spreading to squarrose). Ray florets 10–14(–23), laminae (30–)50–60 mm. Cypselae 8–12 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes distally strigillose; pappi coroniform (lacerate, projected into scales on angles), (0.5–)1–2(–3) mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul(–Aug).
Habitat: Open pine forests
Elevation: 900–1200 m

Discussion

Agnorhiza elata is known only from foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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William A. Weber +
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Wyethia elata +
900–1200 m +
Open pine forests +
Flowering Jun–Jul(–Aug). +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Agnorhiza elata +
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