102 COMPOSITAE 
3. Wyethia reticulata Greene. Eldorado Wyethia. Fig. 5132. 
W yethia reticulata Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 9, 1884. 
Perennial, Ageinng -viscid — very sparsely hispid, eae gata on older herbage, the 
stem reddish, 4— igh, simple, viscid-glandular and all similar, eK pd 
petioles ge igo similarly pain scent, 1.5-3.5 cm. long; inde peri ry -ovate, 5.5-14.5c¢ 
, trur ae to soboaitale at base, crenate, serrulate or npnstier as 
pct iiptnenred, pear desea: -veiny, becoming coriaceous; he ae solitary or few the 
axils of the —— reduced upper leaves, the peduncles about "4 cm. lon ng; involucres po 
spheric, 1-2 cm. broad; outer phyllaries longer than the inner, mae lanceolate, acute, with 
spreading tips, oj estan vs reticulate se aries ed, the inner rigid, erect; rays 10-16, 20-25 cm. 
long ; achenes about 6 mm. long, glabro Bercabierin coroniform and lacking awns. 
g under liv ei or in sah aparr mney rid Tra mn Zone; foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Eldorado 
County, California. Toe locality: banks of elles Penele Eldorada, County. Collected by Mrs. Curran. 
4. Wyethia elata H. M. Hall. Hall’s Wyethia. Fig. 5133. 
Wyethia ovata A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 357. 1868. Not Torr. & Gray, 1848. 
W yethia elata H. M. Hall, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 208. 1912 
Perennial, —— stem simple or branched Shae decmcla aig fire phates above, 0.6-1 
m. hi gh. ie Sips alternate, somewhat reduced’ toward — of t out naked petioles 
l-6c e blades ovate, 8-21 cm. long, * iis 12 ¢ nhc ac ss ng ta triad rounded ~ 
shallowly pul entire to key triplinerved nel feather. sia ‘rather thin but firm, abov 
rather densely incurved- pe e but ina cabrous, beneath softly pt cinereously 
ow: pr igen ose and Seeks zie sotto; heads ee at tips of stem and branches, 2.5-4 
m. wide, the peduncles 2-4 cm. long ; involucre hemispheric, 2 cm. high, the phyla nti 
ppmoowng slightly graduate or subequal, or the cae enlarged a vgs surpassing the disk Aes 
lanceolate to obovate, acute or acuminate, pee ie on leaves, herbaceous with indura ha 
rays about i; .5 cm. long; achenes a ong, glabrous % agate mnt peek 
pappus a toothed crown 1-2 mm. high, two of S emeth anual larger than other 
Open pine woods, Arid Kalas Zone; slopes of i ag, aig from Mariposa oe to isis aan ed 
California. Type locality: Clark’s Ranch (now Wawona), Mar a County. Collected by Bolander. May—Aug 
5. Wyethia inventsta (Greene) W. * Weber. Coville’s Wyethia. Fig. 5134. 
Helianthus (?) invenustus Greene, Pittonia 1: 284. 
Balsamorhiea savenuste Coville, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. fs 130. 1893. 
W W. A. Weber, Amer. Midl. Nat. 35: 421. 1946. 
pee sinous-viscid perennial 4-10 dm. high, the stem leafy, simple or branched wrt amg ied 
and finely glandular and sparsely eatin id. Leaves pases petioles 1- 
blades oblong- to eaciealaceuite 17 cm. long, acuminate to obtuse, at base shallowly st 
to cuneate, hispid or hirsute with tuberculate-based hairs qaeeogd eter ‘on veins and somewhat 
glandular, feather-veined or obsc pila printing ea heads about 2 cm. thick, solitary or paired 
t tip of stems and branches, on pedun 3-15 cm. lon ng: som phyllaries about 8, oblong-lanceo- 
late to obovate, 1.5-2 c oe g, 3-7 m Pe acute rongly veined, herbaceous above the short 
ee base, ‘guantalas fee hispid especially a” agin; inner phyllaries about 2-seriate, shorter, 
ith short herbaceous tip, pilo y-flow ew acceorails present ; disk-flowers 
sande: aces nes dull black, Scfieiedratamulay. fa asied obit 8 mm. long, the pappus lackin 
Open woodland in pine and oak forest, Arid Transition Zone; Sierra Nevata and the Greenhorn Range, Cali- 
fornia, from Fresno County to Kern County. Type locality: Greenhorn Mountains 10 or 12 miles west of Kern- 
ville, Kern County. June-July. 
6. Wyethia glabra A. Gray. Mule-ears. Fig. 5135. 
W yethia glabra A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 543. 1865. 
Perennial from a vertical, subcylindric, resiniferous caudex, stipitate-glandular oe 
and balsam-scented, the stems often severa al, 2-6 dm. high, oo rim wea’ or a bear a few 
11 cm 
Basa 
38 cm. long, 7. -12 cm. wide, obtuse or acute, at base cuneate a4 eased ea to crenate- 
malle i i 
oothed, r 
nr haa. tg ds se very large, peduncled; Gees lacre broadly emispheric, : 
long, of numerous oblo: S ahowele or broadly ovate, foliaceous phyllaries, subequal or the outer 
usually larger, pert 5 sansins about 12-27, usually equaled or fel a gd the involucre, 5 
cm. long; receptacular bracts stiitate-glandular achenes 9-1 . lo roe  ehaciees glandular ; 
pappis 2.5-5 mm. long, cleft into about 2-8 u equal, lanceolate or ovate t 
; coane © Upper Sonoran se in the sae Ran Oat from Mendocino ca joe Counties to San Luis 
Obisey’ County. California. Type loc ality: Marin County, California. March—June. 
7. pee 5 ae helenioides (DC.) Nutt. Gray Mule-ears. Fig. 5136. 
Alarconia helenioides DC. Prod. 5: 537. ia 
W yethia ‘treiodce Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. o H. 353. 1840. 
elarhiza inuloides Kell. Proc. Calif. hg 1:37 
Stout perennial 3-6 dm. high with the rs of W. glabra but densely and somewhat floccosely 
