Bolander dandelion

Phalacroseris bolanderi var. coronata H. M. Hall

Leaves 6–20 cm, faces glabrous. Involucres 7–13 mm after flowering. Phyllaries not reflexed in fruit, margins often red distally, glabrous or minutely puberulent apically. Florets 10–18 mm, much surpassing phyllaries at flowering, glabrous. Cypselae straight or slightly curved on one side, 3–4 mm, obtusely 3-angled at 1 adaxial and 2 lateral nerves. 2n = 18.

Flowering Jun–Aug. Wet meadows and sphagnum bogs, coniferous upper montane forests and mixed subalpine woodlands; 1800–3000 m; Calif.

A vestigial coroniform pappus found in some individuals is too minor a feature to merit varietal designation.