Agnorhiza elata |
Agnorhiza reticulata |
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Hall's mule-ears |
El Dorado mule-ears |
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Habit | Plants 50–100 cm. | Plants mostly 40–70 cm. |
Stems | erect, usually branched distally. |
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). |
blades (green) ovate-lanceolate to deltate, 6–15 cm, bases truncate or subcordate, margins entire or serrulate to crenate, faces sparsely hispid or scabrous (and finely gland-dotted, often vernicose). |
Involucres | hemispheric, 25–40 mm diam. |
hemispheric, 15–30 mm diam. |
Ray florets | 10–14(–23), laminae (30–)50–60 mm. |
10–16(–21), laminae 20–25 mm. |
Outer phyllaries | lanceolate, 20–30 mm (equaling or surpassing discs, tips often spreading to squarrose). |
oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 12–20+ mm (± equaling discs, tips usually spreading to squarrose). |
Heads | held beyond leaves. |
held beyond or among the leaves. |
Cypselae | 8–12 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes distally strigillose; pappi coroniform (lacerate, projected into scales on angles), (0.5–)1–2(–3) mm. |
ca. 6 mm, glabrous; pappi coroniform, 0.1–1 mm. |
2n | = 38. |
= 38. |
Agnorhiza elata |
Agnorhiza reticulata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul(–Aug). | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Open pine forests | Chaparral, oak woodlands |
Elevation | 900–1200 m (3000–3900 ft) | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
CA |
Discussion | Agnorhiza elata is known only from foothills of the Sierra Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Agnorhiza reticulata is known only from foothills of the Sierra Nevada and is considered to be globally endangered. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 105. | FNA vol. 21, p. 106. |
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Synonyms | Wyethia elata | Wyethia reticulata |
Name authority | (H. M. Hall) W. A. Weber: Phytologia 85: 19. (1999) | (Greene) W. A. Weber: Phytologia 85: 20. (1999) |
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