SUNFLOWER FAMILY 561 
12. Microseris campéstris Greene. San Joaquin Microseris. Fig. 5970. 
Mi tris Greene, Pittonia 5: 15. 1902. 
Aca decthe: scurfy-puberulent, annual herb, the solitary head borne on erect curving sca pes 
up to 50 cm tall. Le eaves all basal, 3-20 cm. m. long, linear to oblanceolate, acute or attenuate, entire 
are ing e 
Ov id or fusiform, fo inner phy ries 5-20, carina te, often red on ie midrib, black-villous on 
ma ac s 3.25-5.25 
mm. long, gray or fale Priskitg often Fe spot tted, turbinate or co fog nar, not attenuate above 
more or less flared at the apex, only minutely scabrous, the outer suits often paler at eh 
i e paleae ovate or lanceo- 
white-villous ; pappus-parts oe 5: persistent, Ly mm. 
late, m ong, silve smoky, with only slightly pa margins es slender mid- 
ib, very minutely scabrous in rio Loa slender barbellulate awn. n= 18. 
Grassy flats and slopes in adobe soils, Sonoran Zones; California in the Central Sie ale — Inner Coast 
Range from Colusa County to Kern County. Type locality: Byron, Contra Costa County, California. April-June. 
13. Microseris gees Ks Gray) Sch.-Bip. Coast Microseris. Fig. 5971. 
vas EEIOOR TK; Bens Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 113. pl. 17, a 1-5. 1857 
h.- Bip, Paints paps 308. 
A éaliles cent, ae somewhat fleshy, ‘aiaat herb with curving, decumbent or erect scapes. 
Leaves in a basal tuft, 3-25 cm. long, glabrous or scurfy, linear to oblanceolate or spatulate, obtuse 
to attenuate, entire or abatecty pinnatifid with slender or broad, tapering lobes or teeth; heads 
5969. Microseris acuminata 
5970. Microseris campestris 
