Taraxia tanacetifolia (Tansyleaf Suncup)

7/5/16 Near Rush Creek below Grant Lake Overlook, June Lake Loop (SR 158), 

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA 

7/5/16 Near Rush Creek below Grant Lake Overlook, June Lake Loop (SR 158), 

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA 

 7/5/16 Near Rush Creek below Grant Lake Overlook, June Lake Loop (SR 158), 

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA 

7/3/05 County Road 73 to Big Sage Reservoir, Devils Garden Natural Area,
Modoc County, CA 

7/3/05 County Road 73 to Big Sage Reservoir, Devils Garden Natural Area,
Modoc County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Tansyleaf Suncup

SPECIES: Taraxia tanacetifolia

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/5/2016

LOCATION: Near Rush Creek below Grant Lake Overlook, June Lake Loop (SR 158), Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA 

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Hairs +- dense (sparse), short, spreading or appressed. 

Leaf: 65--320 mm, narrowly elliptic, deeply and irregularly pinnately lobed; petiole 10--80 mm. 

Flower: hypanthium 4--6.5(8.5) mm; sepals 5.5--13 mm; petals 8--23 mm; sterile tip of ovary 14--55 mm. 

Fruit: 7--25 mm, long-tapered, swollen by seeds, leathery, +- straight or slightly curved, disintegrating irregularly. 

Seed: 1.5--2 mm, pitted in rows, pale brown. 

Ecology: Open fields, moist slopes, clay soils; 

Elevation: 700--2500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CaR, SN, GB; 

Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Idaho, Nevada. 

Flowering Time: May--Jul 

eFlora Treatment Author: Warren L. Wagner & Peter C. Hoch, family description, key to genera; treatment of genera by Warren L. Wagner