Agnorhiza bolanderi (A. Gray) W.A. Weber
Family: Asteraceae
Bolander's False Mule's-Ears
[Balsamorhiza bolanderi A. Gray,  more...]
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Dean Wm. Taylor  

Plants (10-)15-30 cm. Stems decumbent, seldom distally branched. Cauline leaves: blades oblong, ovate, rounded-deltate, or subor-biculate, 4-12 cm, bases ± truncate or cordate, margins entire, faces glabrous (shining, finely gland-dotted, ± glutinous). Heads held among or beyond leaves. Involucres ± campanulate, 15-25(-30+) mm diam. Outer phyllaries ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 10-40+ mm (seldom surpassing ray corollas). Ray florets (7-)8-12, laminae (12-)20-30(-35) mm. Cypselae 7-9 mm, glabrous; pappi 0 or coroniform, 0.1-0.3 mm. 2n = 38.

Flowering Mar-Apr(-May). Openings in chaparral; 600-800 m; Calif.

Agnorhiza bolanderi is known only from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where it evidently grows only on serpentine soils.

Agnorhiza bolanderi image
Dean Wm. Taylor  
Agnorhiza bolanderi image
Barry Breckling  
Agnorhiza bolanderi image
Barry Breckling  
Agnorhiza bolanderi image
Barry Breckling