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Micropus californicus var. subvestitus
Photo is of parent taxon

hairy slender cottonweed, q-tips, silky cottonseed
Habit Plants 1–40 cm.
Heads

mostly 2–3 × 3–4.5 mm.
Cypselae

1.4–2.2 mm;

pappi: staminate 0.9–1.3 mm.
Pistillate

paleae thinly sericeous-lanuginose, longest usually 2–3 mm.
Staminate

corollas 1–1.5 mm.

Micropus californicus var. subvestitus
Phenology Flowering and fruiting late Apr–early Jun.
Habitat Ridges, hilltops, slopes, relatively dry, shallow, exposed soils of various substrates (including serpentine), often recently disturbed, usually within coastal fog belt
Elevation 50–1100 m (200–3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Variety subvestitus is known from the southern San Francisco Bay area through outer southern Coast Ranges to San Luis Obispo County, plus populations in foothills of the central Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 456.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Micropus > Micropus californicus
Sibling taxa
M. californicus var. californicus
Name authority A. Gray: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1: 335. (1876)
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