Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha (A. Gray) R. Chan (redirected from: Baeria macrantha var. pauciaristata)
Family: Asteraceae
[Baeria macrantha (A. Gray) A. Gray,  more...]
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Charles Webber  

Perennials (sometimes flowering first year; cespitose). Roots usually not fleshy or clustered. Stems decumbent, branched proximally, ± hairy. Leaves mostly basal; blades linear to oblong, 28-88 × 1.5-5.5(-15) mm, fleshy, margins entire or with 3-5+ teeth (ciliate), faces glabrous or ± hairy. Involucres campanulate to depressed-hemispheric, 9-14 mm. Phyllaries ± persistent, 9-16 in 2 series, elliptic to ovate. Ray florets 8-16; laminae elliptic to oblong, 6-18 mm. Anther appendages deltate to sublanceolate. Cypselae silver-gray, linear to narrowly clavate, to 4 mm, glabrous; pappi 0, or of 1-4 translucent, brown, subulate, aristate scales (sometimes variable within heads). 2n = 48.

Flowering year round (mostly May-Aug). Grasslands, dunes, woodlands, immediate coast; of conservation concern; 0-500 m; Calif.

Subspecies macrantha is morphologically similar to Lasthenia ornduffii; their ranges are allopatric. Plants of subsp. macrantha found in San Luis Obispo County may have fleshy roots approaching those of subsp. bakeri.

Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Charles Webber  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Charles Webber  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova  
Lasthenia californica subsp. macrantha image
Zoya Akulova