Hulsea vestita subsp. pygmaea

(A. Gray) Wilken

Aliso 7: 413. 1972.

Common names: Pygmy alpinegold
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Hulsea vestita var. pygmaea A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 343. 1884
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 400.

Plants 5–15 cm. Leaves: proximal blades spatulate, 1–4 cm, margins dentate to lobed, faces: abaxial densely lanate to woolly, adaxial glandular-puberulent. Heads 1. Involucres obconic to hemispheric, 15–18 mm diam. Phyllaries narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, 8–10 mm, (margins scarious) apices acuminate. Ray florets 9–20; laminae orange to reddish orange, 7–10 mm. Disc corollas orange. Cypselae 7–9 mm; pappus scales equal, 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Alpine to subalpine rocky slopes and talus, granitic or volcanic substrates
Elevation: 3000–3900 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies pygmaea grows in the San Bernardino Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Dieter H. Wilken +
(A. Gray) Wilken +
Hulsea vestita var. pygmaea +
Pygmy alpinegold +
3000–3900 m +
Alpine to subalpine rocky slopes and talus, granitic or volcanic substrates +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Illustrated +, Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Bahiinae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Palafoxiinae +
Hulsea vestita subsp. pygmaea +
Hulsea vestita +
subspecies +