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Rainiera stricta
false silverback
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest from Stevens Pass area south; central Washington to Oregon.

Habitat: Meadows and moist, open hillsides at middle to high elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: July-Septermber

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Description:
General:

Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, stout rhizome, 5-10 dm. tall, mostly glabrous throughout.

Leaves:

Basal and lowermost cauline leaves large and persistent, broadly oblanceolate to obovate, 1.5-3.5 dm. long and 2-7 cm wide; middle and upper cauline leaves progressively reduced and becoming sessile.

Flowers:

Heads many in an elongate inflorescence; involucre narrow, its bracts 5-6, in a single series and equal, 7-9 mm. long, the mid-vein thickened; corollas usually 5, all tubular and yellowish.

Fruits:

Achenes prominently several-nerved.

Accepted Name:
Rainiera stricta (Greene) Greene
Publication: Pittonia. 3: 291. 1898.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Luina stricta (Greene) B.L. Rob. [HC]
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Rainiera stricta in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Rainiera stricta checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Rainiera stricta information.

E-Flora BC: Rainiera stricta atlas page.

CalPhotos: Rainiera stricta photos.

USDA Plants: Rainiera stricta information.

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