Crepis modocensis subsp. subacaulis

(Kellogg) Babcock & Stebbins

Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 504: 148. 1938.

Endemic
Basionym: Crepis occidentalis var. subacaulis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 50. 1873
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 230. Mentioned on page 229.

Plants 6–30 cm; setae yellowish, usually ± straight, sometimes bent (ca. 1 mm). Stems (stout, branched proximally) setose (setae yellowish). Leaves: petioles setose; blades 10–15 × 3–4 cm (margins pinnately lobed, lobes dentate). Heads 1–6. Involucres 13–21 mm. Phyllaries sparsely setose (setae blackish) or glabrous. Cypselae blackish to brownish or dark reddish, slightly narrowed, not beaked (ribs strong); pappi 9–13 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Wet meadows, steep slopes
Elevation: 1800–2100 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mont., Nev., Oreg.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
David J. Bogler +
(Kellogg) Babcock & Stebbins +
Crepis occidentalis var. subacaulis +
Calif. +, Mont. +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
1800–2100 m +
Wet meadows, steep slopes +
Flowering May–Jul. +
Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Crepis modocensis subsp. subacaulis +
Crepis modocensis +
subspecies +