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6. Eriophyllum ambiguum (A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 19: 26. 1883.

Lasthenia ambigua A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 547. 1865

Annuals, 5–30 cm. Stems decumbent to ascending. Leaves: blades oblong to oblanceolate, 5–40 mm, margins entire or toothed, plane (apices rounded to acute), faces lanate or tometose to tomentu­lose. Heads borne singly. Peduncles 1–8 cm. Involucres hemispheric to obconic, 5–6 mm diam. Phyllaries 6–10, ± connate. Ray florets 6–10; laminae yellow, 2–10 mm. Disc florets 10–30; corollas 1.3–3 mm (tubes cylindric, throats broadly funnelform, abruptly dilated, lobes glabrous or hairy, hairs 1-celled, not glandular; anther appendages deltate, widest at bases, not glandular). Cypselae 2.2–3 mm; pappi 0 or of 6–10 ± ovate to cuneate, entire, erose, or laciniate scales 0.1–0.5 mm.

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora): w United States.


1 Disc corolla lobes glabrous; pappi of 6–10 erose to laciniate scales 0.2–0.5 mm   6a Eriophyllum ambiguum var. ambiguum
+ Disc corolla lobes hairy (hairs 1-celled); pappi 0, or of 6–10 entire scales 0.1–0.2 mm   6b Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum


 

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