Blooms: April - June
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Pacific Northwest to Utah and California; chiefly east of the Columbia River in Washington
Habitat: Dry, open areas at low elevations; sagebrush and grasslands areas
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Distribution: Pacific Northwest to Utah and California; chiefly east of the Columbia River in Washington
Habitat: Dry, open areas at low elevations; sagebrush and grasslands areas
Species Description:
General: Nearly glabrous branching annual, up to 3 dm. tall, the lateral branches topping the central stem.
Leaves: Leaves narrowly linear, erect, 1-3 cm. long, the lower deciduous;
Flowers: Heads terminating the branches, 8-80 flowered; involucre 4-7 mm. high, its bracts narrow, sub-equal, partly clasping the outer achenes; ray flowers few, pistillate and fertile, mostly 5, 3 or 8, yellowish, 1.5-2 mm. long; disk flowers perfect and fertile, yellow; receptacle flat and naked except for a row or bracts separating the ray and disk flowers; pappus of 3-5 awn-like scales.
Fruits: Achenes with fine hairs.
General: Nearly glabrous branching annual, up to 3 dm. tall, the lateral branches topping the central stem.
Leaves: Leaves narrowly linear, erect, 1-3 cm. long, the lower deciduous;
Flowers: Heads terminating the branches, 8-80 flowered; involucre 4-7 mm. high, its bracts narrow, sub-equal, partly clasping the outer achenes; ray flowers few, pistillate and fertile, mostly 5, 3 or 8, yellowish, 1.5-2 mm. long; disk flowers perfect and fertile, yellow; receptacle flat and naked except for a row or bracts separating the ray and disk flowers; pappus of 3-5 awn-like scales.
Fruits: Achenes with fine hairs.
Accepted Name:
Rigiopappus leptocladus A. GraySynonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Rigiopappus leptocladus
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Rigiopappus leptocladus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Rigiopappus leptocladus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Rigiopappus leptocladus treatment.
E-Flora BC: Rigiopappus leptocladus atlas page.
CalPhotos: Rigiopappus leptocladus images.
USDA Plants Database: Rigiopappus leptocladus.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
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