Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides

(Nuttall) G. L. Nesom

Phytologia 70: 101. 1991.

Conservation concern
Basionym: Isocoma vernonioides Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 320. 1840
Synonyms: Haplopappus venetus subsp. vernonioides (Nuttall) H. M. Hall Isocoma veneta var. vernonioides (Nuttall) Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 443. Mentioned on page 442.

Stems erect to ascending or decumbent; herbage hirtellous or villoso-pilose or densely gray-tomentose (hairs flattened, vitreous, long) to glabrate, sometimes stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades linear to oblanceolate or spatulate-oblong, 10–40 × 2–6(–9) mm, not thick-fleshy, margins of at least the proximal pinnately lobed or shallowly toothed. Heads in corymbiform arrays. Corollas 5–7 mm. Cypselae 2.3–3.6 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering (Apr–)Jul–Dec.
Habitat: Coastal bluffs and dunes, sandy flats, salt marsh borders, occasionally on dry slopes
Elevation: 5–400 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

In San Diego and Riverside counties, plants of var. vernonioides produce small leaves that are often nearly glabrous, perhaps reflecting the influence of genes from var. menziesii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Guy L. Nesom +
(Nuttall) G. L. Nesom +
Isocoma vernonioides +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
5–400 m +
Coastal bluffs and dunes, sandy flats, salt marsh borders, occasionally on dry slopes +
Flowering (Apr–)Jul–Dec. +
Conservation concern +
Haplopappus venetus subsp. vernonioides +  and Isocoma veneta var. vernonioides +
Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides +
Isocoma menziesii +
variety +