Holocarpha heermannii
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Holocarpha heermannii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Heermann's tarweed. It is endemic to California.
Distribution
Holocarpha heermannii grows in the hills, mountains, and valleys of the central and southern part of California. It is most common in the Inner Coast Ranges in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, the southern Sierra Nevada foothills, and the Tehachapi Mountains. It is also found in the Southern Outer California Coast Ranges and western Transverse Ranges.[1][2]
Description
Holocarpha heermannii is an annual herb growing mostly erect from Script error: No such module "convert". to over Script error: No such module "convert". in height. The stem is densely glandular and coated in short and long hairs. The leaves are up to Script error: No such module "convert". long near the base of the plant and those along the stem are smaller.[2]
The inflorescence is a spreading array of branches bearing clusters of flower heads. Each flower head is lined with phyllaries which are coated in large bulbous resin glands. They are hairy and sticky in texture. The head contains many yellow disc florets surrounded by three to 10 golden yellow ray florets.[2]
The ray and fertile disc florets produce achenes of different shapes.[2]
References
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- Madieae
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Tehachapi Mountains
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status