224 COMPOSITAE 
broadly lanceolate, obtuse at apex, 1.5-10 cm. long, soon pene go mpper stem-leaves linear 
to broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, asaalls entire, 3-1 long, stly much shorter than 
the internodes; heads terminating the uppe r branches, the dincegent ‘pedlincles 1-13 cm. long; 
phyllaries about 8, free or 2 or 3 rarely united: lanceolate to ovate- or r ombic-lanceolate, 5-11 
mm ate ata 
xs rv 
aoe or broadly oblong, a at apex eon Pao age 9-21 mm. long, the pr aoa 
yellow Se mostly gray-strigos long, the ray-achenes obcompressed, convex 
ie somewhat fattened and often pubedesiakt dette: 'the disk-achenes obcompressed me carinate 
dorsally wld 3 rally. 
Open slopes eo valleys, Upper and Lower Sonoran Zones; Inner Coast Ra —— , San Joaquin County t 
Luis Obispo rid ged the mountains rs southern California in s Hipexeids and Los hy bae Counties tha. the 
—— edges San Joa a Valley from ae fomety to the Tehachapi region; also ees ene western 
edge of the Mjave “hee. ype locali ity: Los Ange March—May. Closely related to M. 
4. Monolopia major DC. Cupped Monolopia. Fig. 5366. 
Monolopia major DC. Prod. 6: 74. 1837. 
Stems about 1-5 dm. high, simple or branched from the base and above, the branches dif- 
nel sa 0 densely white-lanate and becoming somewhat glabrate. Basal and lower cauline 
leaves oblanceolate, eae entate to heck obtuse, acute or acuminate, from about 
1-10 nny one the upper leaves about 1-10 c ong, the uppermost reduced in size, the margins 
usually dentate, sometimes subentire ; fous “teheinalies the branches, the div i iad “Pepin 
i u " 8-13 
Ope dv ag a Lower Sonoran Zon Bes Coast Ranges from Tehama 
Come rent fers to es Each and the linc eeokern ac. of az Great Valley. Type locality: 
California. Collected by Douglas. March-May 
54. ERIOPHYLLUM* Lag. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 28. 1816. 
rubby or herbaceous perennials or annuals, the herbage tomentose or floccose. Leaves 
sooneintl alternate, poe lobed, toothed, or divided, more often entire in the annual 
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annual species. Phyllaries in 1 series, firm, mostly carinate and somewhat concave on cage 
inner surface, permanently erect, the tip ete soften reflexed, distinct or r¥oages united at 
the base (more in one species). Receptacle convex or conic to nearly modified in 
E. mohavense), naked (with a few Cenlixie scales in one species and ee processes at- 
tached basally to the phyllaries in another). Ray-flowers usually few, rarely wanting, pis- 
tillate, fertile, the ligules yellow, oval to oblong, toothed or lobed at the apex. Disk-flowers 
yellow, perfect, narrowly pubescent or glabrous. Anthers obtuse at base, bearing angen 
ages above. Style-branches flattened, the apex obtuse or deltoid, or cuneate in E. wallac 
n lanosum, Achene — -nerved or -angled or 5-nerved “ some 
ual species, som S-s what compressed. Papp arious, nerveless, usually 
ppu S 
erose or fimbriate paleae somietiane’ slender and awit rarely epappose. [From 
Greek words oe wool and leaf. 
A genus of about 13 often variable species, all native of western North America. Type species, Eriophyllum 
troliifoltum Lag. 
or complete synonymy of the perennial species, see Constance, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 18: 69-136. 1937. 
Perennials hat sk 
ti 0(15) dm. high. 
Heads 1.5-3 em. broad, shoe y or several o; = aie ncles 
Plants shrubby only at base; rays 8-20 mm. long (less in some varieties) ; of beet oi gree 
. E. lana 
Plants shrubby throughout; rays 6-8 mm. long; central Inner Coast Ranges in Calitopni ee 
B. jepsonit. 
Heads 1.5 cm. or less broad, 1 ile cl t, pedunculate, b cluste 
shor 
Ultimate ies: hein infloresserices slender; saievs 6. phd am sites = yer ee ates. 
onfe: 
eer branches bearing inflorescences stout; phyllaries 8-12, scarcely Sn sear ear es Dacitione 
Leaves ‘labrous above, tomentose beneath, entire or pinnately partéd into i lobes; r 4 3-5 m 
. E. staecha 8 hinoaea 
Ae shaaity tomentose on both surfaces, bipinnatifid into many lobes; rays 2 Fa long. 
5; evinit. 
Small herbaceous annuals 2-20 cm. high (sometimes higher in E. congdonti). 
Pappus-paleae of unequal oa lanceolate or awn-tipped paleae alternating with short —_ paleae. 
ha yellow; plants of the Sierra Nevada foothi ongdonti. 
s white or pink-tinged; plants of the desert resicha. 9. E. coe 
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