7/8/16 Virginia Lakes Road, Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
7/8/16 Dunderberg Meadow Road from Virginia Lake Road, Toiyabe National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
7/8/16 Dunderberg Meadow Road
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Hoary Aster
SPECIES: Machaeranthera canescens
FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/2016
LOCATION: Virginia Lakes Road, Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):
Annual to perennial herb < 12 dm, generally canescent-puberulent and often glandular
Stems 1–several from base, generally branched above and ± bushy
Leaves generally 3–10 cm, generally 2–6 mm wide, linear to obovate, subentire to dentate or minutely serrate; lower tapered; upper sometimes clasping
Inflorescence: heads radiate; phyllaries generally in 3–10 series, tips short-triangular to elongate, acuminate, spreading to bent backward, generally ± glandular or glabrous
Ray flowers many (0 in var. shastensis ); corollas blue-purple; ligules 1–2 cm
Disk flowers many; corollas 5.5–8 mm
Fruit 2.5–3.5 mm, narrowly obovate, weakly curved and ± flattened with 5–7 ribs on each face, glabrous or ± silky; pappus 6–8 mm
Ecology: Common. Many habitats
Elevation: 300–3400 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province, Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: w N.America
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