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2. Hulsea brevifélia A. Gray. Short-leaved Hulsea. Fig. 5330. 
Hulsea brevifolia A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 359. 1868. 
Perennial, 3-5 dm. high, with 1 Ps ase ay an, viscid-villous, branching stems from 
the woody root-crown. Leaves 1.5- ,-1l2n ride, shorter than to somewhat exceed- 
ing the internodes, sessile, spatulate, ae re coat tes itate above e base, green, the midvein 
white, viscid- villous heads yellow-flowered, solitary on the branches, the peduncles 3-7 cm. long; 
9-11 m 
phyllar ies ong, mostly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, often reddish at the tip, viscid- 
villous; = 10- 20, yellow, 9-13 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, toothed at the apex; achenes about 
7 mm. long; pa ppus- ee -1.5 mm. 1. long, the pairs somewhat unequal, more or less truncate 
and fimbriate- as 
Open places in the ewe Canadian and Hudsonian Zones; in the Sierra Nevada, California, from Ss scp 
Coduty ts Wee County. Type locality: Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County. Collected by Bolander. July—Aug 
3. Hulsea califérnica Torr. & Gray ex A. Gray. San Diego Hulsea. Fig. 5331. 
Hulsea californica Torr. & Gray ex A. Gray in Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 6: 77. 1857. 
Robust annual 5.5-10 dm. high, stems single or 2 or 3 from the base, unbranched below th 
inflorescence, more or less leafy, loosely but abundantly hin. anche below and glandular-villous 
al wh YY We 
5327. Laphamia inyoe: 
nsis 5329. Hulsea heterochroma 
5328. Pericome caudata 5330. Hulsea brevifolia 
