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what pinnatifid with a few broad lobes or teeth, 3-6 cm. long ait riers the winged petiole, 5-20 mm. 
wide, those of the stems reduced; peduncles several t to many, bracteate; heads 15-30 mm. b road; 
faetueres sis mm. high, attenuate a base; phyllaries in 4 or 5 5 eries, the upper linear-oblong. 
acute, those on the = in base much reduced ; ligules lemon i achenes oblong, 15-striate ; 
pappus- Take all deciduo 
On o ogre dun he coast, Upper Sonoran Zone; Pismo, San Luis Obi ispo County, pee ag wo 
to Carpinteria a hig adleets dnlands off the acon of Santa Ba rbara County. Type locality : age oa n the bay 
at San Diego, California, bg not since collected in that region. April-Aug. Some collections offman tiem 
Santa Rosa Island app var. succulenta. 
alacothrix inc - a var. suce rinse (Elmer) E. Williams, Amer. 58: 506. 1957. (Malacothrix 
ucculenta Elmer, Gaz. 39: 44. 1905.) Growth habit of the pal ‘ut yee os glabrous or the young 
leaves sometimes AoA beneath. On dunes along the coast, southern San Lui s Obispo County (Oso Flaco Lake) 
to Surf, Santa Barbara Connie, California, the type locality. 
11. Malacothrix saxatilis (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray. Cliff Malacothrix. F ig. 6005. 
Leucoseris saxatilis Nutt. Trans. sy Phil. = II. 7: 440. 1841. 
Malacothrix saxatilis Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 486. 1843 
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midsection ; mchens 10-15-ribbed, 5 o ribs fete prominent; pappus- rile all deciduous, 
leaving the c wn of the achenes —. denticulat 
r Sonoran Zone; Point Corian, ae Barbara County, California, south to Santa 
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Barbara and also. ay the bcggs in northwestern Ventura Co ounty. Type locality: Santa Barbara. Collected by 
Nuttall. May—Sept. Cliff-a 
Stems rien several, arising from the root at the surface of the ground, fe a at base or herbaceo 
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Le eathery, obtuse, oblanceolate, or broadly linear, gatirs or the lowest sometimes irregularly lobed 
s cs of ocean bluffs, Po at Conception to Santa Barbar var. 
Leaves not teats 3 pinnatifid or pinnately or bipinnately divided into linear divisions, if iti he linear- 
filifor: 
Leaves bipinnately divided; stems woody, densely leafy to the inflorescence; plants of the Channel 
Islands. var. implicata. 
Leaves innately parted; stems not densely leafy to the inflorescence; mostly herbaceous; Be atom of the 
astal mountains of southern California utfoli 
Stems ike subterranean, arising singly from branches oe a deep-seated ant a reap Bites ous 
— leaves thin, deeply laciniately lobed to near the midrib, the 1 ae ee irregular, tex on _each side, 
ae ¢ upper "part o of the leaf entire or toothed, semataate ; “2 of the Tehachapi yng se 
Mo: aN Pinos ia the higher elevations in the mountains of bate There ee and the San 
nica Mounta altissima. 
Lower od prey re a or short-toothed, the teeth of irregular lengths, BA Bek, Sec! entire or merely 
denticulate. 
Sarai arachnoid-tomentose throughout, 0.5—2 m. tall; plants of Carmel —_ Ppa ti Tate 
arachnoidea 
Completely glabrous or sparsely ef goog tomentose on the leaf-bases or stems; eit of Salinas Valley 
and eastern face of Santa Lucia Mountains, and adjacent Santa Barbara aia 
ommutata. 
_ saxatilis var. So or ga io ie viel > H. M. Hall, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot 268. 1907. (Mala- 
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ce eae Nicolas, San Miguel, Seite = pig an aay ee Islands off the coast of San’ erhar ra, Cali- 
ocality: San Nicolas Island, Ventura County. 
sects i a = tenuifdlia (Nutt.) A. Gray, Syn. FI. Amer. Pt ie 1884. rr lag tes 
temuifola Nut, Trans. . Phil. Soc. II. 7: 440. 1841; Malacothrix fenuafoha & Gra . Amer. 
2: 487. ae.” G ee eae: ipenissine unz, Man a lif. 591, 601. 1935.) Stems seve mt gt woody 
root, isa 4 igh, often gion oa | glabrous or som t floccose ‘throughout; ss Eas agg pinnatifid, upper 
stem-leaves reduced ste rie linear-filiform or ne parted into linear div fd ost evra 
form. Hillsides and cany coastal gages from the Santa Maria Ri oer. SSant am Bar bare Con to 
Orange County, Coliteruia, ‘and achlgeonage o the eastern border ced Los yetes County; ales Santa Cathlina 
sland. Type locality: “St. Barbara, on the ies untains near the tow 
Malacothrix saxatilis var. altissima dees Ferris. com = udley Herb. 5: 102. 1958. (Malacothrix 
altissima Greene, Bull. Calif. ng 4: 1885.) Leafy-st aes plants is m. hi - typically giabrous 
throughout; leaves thin, 8-20 c¢ ong, ifncauee and fecpiy Secale: lobed and also enticulate, the _upper- 
most leaves ys to be catite, | See ate at apex, tapetiae at the hips oe Mountains , Kern er ok 
westward to the unt Pinos re on, Ventura Poin A and the higher lopes o f the mountains in Santa Barbara 
County Tiovic ca Mountains in Los Aserles Comnee: Type locality: near Tehachapi rd 
tion, Kern County. Collected by Curran. Intergrading forms are to be found that show relationship with var. 
gheein o while others speiich var. comm 
othrix saxatilis var. arachno wort ‘(McG regor) E. Williams, Amer. Midl. Nat. 58: 509. 1957. 
(Malecothete arachnoidea McGregor, Bull, Torrey Club 36: 605. fig. 3. 1909.) Densely leafy-stemmed plants 
2 m. high; herbage persistently and densely arachnoid-tomentose throughout; leaves firm, em, long, 
narrowed to a petiolar fae usually entire or marge imes denticulate, acute at apex; crown of the pee minutely 
crenulate. Hill slopes; known only from Carmel Valle ey, Monterey County, ap ince the type localit 
_.Malacothrix saxatalis var. commutata sess & Gray) Ferris, in Munz, Aliso 4: 100. 1958. (Hievactaos 
californicum DC. Prod. 7: 235. 1838, not sta a califor ornicum DC, vl cit. 192; Sonchus californicus 
pod a Arn. Bot . Beechey ope “se ae a 's californicus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 441. 1841; 
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commutata Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. eer 2: 487. 1843.) Raeely aeesy themenen plants 0.5-1m 
high, glabrous “si spars ad hnoid-t out the leaf-bases, midveins, and lower stems; leaves firm 
4-9 cm. ong, narrowed at the base, mostly ‘denticulate, so metimes schice. iF og “un lobed these much shorter than 
the width the leaf, pot at apex; t ph Hobe paiesitely. crenulate. Salinas Valley, eastern Mead 2 
the Santa Lucia Mountains in Mowers. on See fine tise Counties, and in a “onal Santa Barbara Cow 
The collections upon w hick the names listed = x sed were made by Douglas ogee Soe his journey 
from Monterey to Santa Barbara, an area wher M. pte’ J var. commutata commonly “The specimen 
