Phalacroseris
| Phalacroseris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Cichoriinae |
| Genus: | Phalacroseris A.Gray |
| Species: | P. bolanderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalacroseris bolanderi A.Gray
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Phalacroseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species Phalacroseris bolanderi, which is known by the common name Bolander's mock dandelion.
Description
[edit]Phalacroseris is a perennial herb with fleshy herbage growing from a woody caudex. The leaves are located around the base of the plant, growing up to 20 centimeters long and linear to somewhat lance-shaped. The inflorescence reaches up to 35 centimeters tall and is topped with a head filled with many golden ray florets. There are no disc florets. The fruit is a hairless, speckled, four-angled achene about 3 millimeters long. There is usually no pappus, but some achenes have vestigial pappus structures on their flat tops.
Distribution
[edit]It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in wet habitat such as moist meadows, bogs, and clearings in subalpine coniferous forest.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment - Phalacroseris
- USDA Plants Profile; v
- Flora of North America
- Phalacroseris - Photo gallery
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