Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Baeria leptalea A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. V: 325. 1884
Biirrielia leptalea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 546. 1865.
Annual, 1.5 dm. or less high, simple-stemmed or with few branches, slender, erect, glabrous
below but minutely puberulent on peduncles and involucres; leaves nearly filiform, entire;
peduncles 0.5-4 cm. long; involucre almost turbinate, 3-4 mm. high, its 4-6 bracts oblong
and rather obtuse; receptacle subulate; ray-flowers 4 or 5, the ligules 3-4 mm. long; anther-tips
filiform; style-tips ovate, with a subulate appendage; achenes clavate-linear, pale, sparsely
dotted with minute inflexed hairs; pappus in both ray and disk of 1-3 scabrous awns gradually
dilated at base.
Type locality: Santa Lucia Mountains, along the Naciraiento River, California. Distribution: Coast ranges, from Monterey County to Lake County, California.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1914. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; HELENIEAE. North American flora. vol 34(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
