264 COMPOSITAE 
; meer a taproot, 1-5 dm. high, the herba ntly strigose and often spmiey int giandalas, 
Lea yeas ee -spatulate, e Hedy 1-5 cm. long, ree cathe spe smaller, firmer, and m sessile 
re the ea -de 1 ones ; heads paniculate or cymose in a shor ti ote: sae Nuokets 
7- stg Fs See | eS Soantete niredions. rays 10-16, Beconane revolute from the 
tip; sehcnes oblong- -ovate, villous; outer pappus evident. 
Open, well-drained slopes, often in sand, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; both sides of the Cascade 
Mountains hinge southern Beta Columbia to southern Oregon, reported from the ‘northern Sierra Nevada in 
Ca rape nia east to the Great Plains. Type locality: “On the banks of the Missouri.” June—Sep 
rysopsis gers var. sessiliflora (Nutt.) A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. Fei 123. 1884. i han 9 
sessilior Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 317. 1840; C. californica Elm Bot. AR = 
Heterotheca sessilifiora Shinners, Field & Lab. 19: 71. 1951.) Herbage mostly eG yish, vil ti pee 
Fides "leaves oblong or spatulate, crowded, 1-2 pe long; heads mostly pirates and wrt Misongs Tolinats Geacereten 
outer pappus evident, squamellate. Brushy isand- flats, washes, etc., Upper Sonoran Zone; usually near the coast 
from Santa Barbara, Ca + fornia, to norther: wer California; reported north to Mendocino Soniey, California. 
: “St. Barb ara, Upper Californie July—Sept. 
mpeopais villosa var. bolanderi (A. Gray) A. Grae ex Jep Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. 1036. 1925. (Chrysop- 
sis bolande ert A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 543. 1865; C. sessiliflord var. bolanderi = ve ray, Bot. —_ £22 309, 
ate 
hirsute and m or less de nsely beset with sessile glands; leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, rounded, mucronate, 
the eat =Hrcnc he 2-4 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide; heads large, mostly solitary, foliose-bracteate; involucre 10-15 
ps high ees a en acuminate, villous and glandular; outer pappus of very slender scales. 
Gra slop unes on ear the coast, Humid Transition Zone; Mendocino County to Prat Francisco Bay, 
California. “Tye esc iis of Oakland, near San Francisco. % June— eu 
Chryso po casbie (Greene) H. M. Hall, Univ. Calif Bot 3: 42. 1907. (Chrysopsis 
fastigiata ence Pitona a 7396. 1898.) Sows 3-10 dm sick. ‘ee Zs ES cliheaached, usually closely 
beset with — —— linear- oblong to be pa obtuse or acute, mucronate aging i sinc tomentose 
— dorsally, 1-2 0 cm. age the margins often c Segre heads s mall, 1-3 a ae stiff ere a 
Counties and from Ventura Count y to Orange County ‘Tyne loc a Fhe vicinity of San Bernardino, San Bernar- 
Vv. 
Chrysopsis villosa var, echioides (Benth.) A. Gray, 3 See 12; 123. 1884. I 6 echiot- 
bt Benth. he t. Sulph. 25. 18442, Cc. paste ae var. echioide. es "Bok: Calif. 22 309.- 1876: rotheca 
hioides Shinners, Field & Lab. 19: 71, 1951.) Stems sated 3-8 dm. high, virgate, simple or (gotten 
fhraceende: Wires crowded, ae ca aa! hirsute- igre nt, firm, ‘t the u perils, 2 _ nee sessile; heads 
Saag 
numerous, paniculate to cymose yllari numerous, sle nder, hispid-hirsute pappus. of short 
narrow squame Dry sandy soils eg sag ag Upper Sonceun oti Coast Ranges ‘of “California mostly away 
from the Sevenedinte: oat from Sonoma and Solano Counties to San Dieg: o County, and also adjacent Lower 
California. age : Bodegas [B paces Bay], cenbenn Loa — —Nov 
Chrysopsi i var. hispida (Hook af A. Gra Bot. King Expl. 164. 1871. (Diplo- 
pappus Tespudus Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 22. 1834: Ciecpet hispida DC. Prod. 7}: 279: is GC. Race teos 
Greene, Erythea 2: 95. 1894 re. hirsuta Gre Pittonia 3: 296. 1898.) Stems slender, virgate, 2-4 hi 
herbage spa arsely or densely spreading- hr somewhat glandular; leaves eo oblanceolate or ‘Spatulte, 
1-4 cm. long, mm. wide, often hirsute-ciliate; eats solitary to numerou olde sid aereue re 6— + 3 
ai phyllaries minutely glandular and sparsely hispid: outer pappus of very squamella Dy 
ocky ground, Upper Sonoran and Arid Peansition Zones: Saskatchewan to British re aia var a tha aT cetade 
Mocuintna south to the Sierra Nevada and Colorado Desert of California (rare), east to Arizona and the 
Roc = fete tains. Type locality: Carlton House Fort, Saskatchewan. April—Nov 
sopsis villosa var. camphorata (Eastw.) Jepson, Man. FI. Pl. Calif. 1036, _- Piet: -sag'sd cam- 
sre Eiee, Zoe 5: 81. 1900.) Stems slender, from a slender branching rootstock, ne herbage 
ee id —— nsely hirsute and conspi icuously glandular-pubescent, poate "ed ves lance- 
oblong. eads usually many, cymose-paniculate, rather a, usually “Subtended by small 
faeesn bracts: sistiaeen aparvely hispid and ciliate or merely ciliolate from the fine dissection of the narrow 
hyaline margin , prominently ¢ andular. Open ane slopes and wooded banks, Humi d Teeneition Zone; Santa 
Clara County to San Benito cor ha Counties, California. Type locality: near Glenwood, Santa im 
Mountains, Santa Cruz County. July—O 
a ie ae oregona (Nutt.) A. Gray. Oregon Golden-aster. Fig. 5436. 
4 9 Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 321. 1840. 
Ch Psi: A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 543. 1865. 
sw wreeinn Kuntze, a Gen. Pl. 1: 334. 1891. 
Heterotheca oregona Shinners, Field & Lab. 19: 71. 1951. 
Stems clustered from a woody base, much branched, erect, 3-6 dm. high, the ee glabrate 
or sparsely hirsute, rather sau | Eggs - eaves = ceolate to elliptic-ovate, sessile, ascending, 
I-nerved, 24 cm. | 0(15) mm. wide; heads corymbosely pan culate, discoid ; Re clncr re 9-12 
igh; ; phyllaries ‘-seriate vaaanite saint glandular-atomifer s but scarcely ae ae with 
white hyaline margin, acuminate; corolla nearly filiform; outer pap ig aioe and obsc 
Sandy or gravelly stream banks, Humid Transition Zone; Washington chiefly west of the Cascade M 
tains wens to =e tg California. ype locality: “On the sand and gravel bars of the Oregon (Cstumbial 
and its acs June—Sept 
og sis —— var. ridis (Greene) Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Calif. 558. 1901. (Chrysopsis . are. e, 
1 eg. 174. 1894.) Stems 3-8 dm. high, sing bee Lae Raghnenadl aa. hispid -hirsute and m r less 
one ican lnrguhapeceiate oes dly oblong or oblan “a or ‘spreading, * 5 em 
long; involucre 8-1 hi ate, saacatar and som tt at his spi ae mage e. war 9 eid Transition Zone; 
California in the ibd ano cae Nevada Sed mine c eee) Real North Coast anges from aa ha and 
boldt Counties to Sa Francisco Bay. Type loc m banks pa Co.” July—Oct. 
hrysopsis oregona var. compacta Keck, pe on 102, prokg eve p ended ie 1.5-4 ree high, with 
pene — —— the woody base herbage gray-green, apeoris hispid- or lives cancepent fe" glandular-atomifer- 
e hair: prominent pustulate sir age leaves typienily small (1-2 cm.), densely crowded, spreading, 
once se og Taig couard tow ard the ends of the br aches: involucre 8- 10 mae: high, glandular but usually 
sparingly hairy. Dry sandy pla Upper Soaren Zone; Central vailee of California from Tehama County 
to Fresno County. Type ieeneys "Newsille: Tehama County. June—Oct 
psis oregona var. scabérrima A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am 124. 1884. we rather openly 
ening: the heads commonly corymbosely paniculate on slender Pritieha: leaves in part of plant 
becoming bract-like; herbage visc salons gd ne scabrous from the pustulate ber of ike gy Baenihion hairs. 
Sandy roadsides and dry ta Uppe oran Zone; California in the South Coast Ranges and Sierran 
foothills (Tulare County). Type loca lity: eae County. Oct. 
