Hulsea californica

Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]

in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6(3): 77. 1858.

Common names: San Diego alpinegold
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 397. Mentioned on page 396.
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Biennials or perennials, 40–120 cm. Stems (1–)3–10, leafy, lanate to woolly. Leaves basal and cauline; blades gray to grayish green, broadly oblanceolate to spatulate, 6–10 cm, margins undulate to weakly lobed, faces densely lanate; distal cauline leaves lanceolate to narrowly obovate, gradually reduced. Heads 2–5. Involucres broadly conic to hemispheric, 15–26 mm diam. Phyllaries 9–14 mm, outer lanceolate, apices attenuate. Ray florets 22–40; corolla tubes glabrous, laminae yellow, 9–12 mm. Disc corollas yellow. Cypselae 4–6 mm; pappus scales subequal, 1–2 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Often common after fires, open sites in chaparral and woodlands, mostly rocky, metamorphic soils
Elevation: 1000–2000 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Hulsea californica grows in the eastern Peninsular Ranges, San Diego County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Hulsea californica"
Dieter H. Wilken +
Torrey & A. Gray in War Department [U.S.] +
San Diego alpinegold +
1000–2000 m +
Often common after fires, open sites in chaparral and woodlands, mostly rocky, metamorphic soils +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Bahiinae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Palafoxiinae +
Hulsea californica +
species +