Bahiopsis laciniata
(A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero
Family:
Asteraceae
San Diego Scrub-Aster
Liz Makings
FNA
Resources
Edward E. Schilling in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Shrubs
, 50-130 cm.
Leaves
mostly alternate; petioles (0-)3-7 mm; blades lanceolate to lance-ovate, 1.4-4.3 × 0.6-2.5 cm, margins ± laciniate, faces sparsely strigillose and gland-dotted or resinous (abaxial resinous, shiny).
Heads
(1-)3-9.
Peduncles
0.5-5 cm.
Involucres
hemispheric, 8-12 × 6-9 mm.
Phyllaries
20-25, 4-8 × 1.8-2.2 mm.
Paleae
lance-ovate, 4.5-7.3 mm (densely glandular).
Ray florets
5-13; laminae 6-12 mm.
Disc florets
50+; corollas 3.5-4.6 mm.
Cypselae
1.7-3.5 mm (± strigose, margins ciliolate);
pappi
of 2 lacerate, aristate scales 1-2.5 mm plus 2-6 (easily detached) lacerate-erose scales 0.2-0.5 mm.
2
n
= 36.
Flowering Jan-Jun(-Sep). Xeric scrub; 90-800 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).
Within the flora area,
Bahiopsis laciniata
is found only in San Diego County; its range extends south into the xeric Central Desert area of Baja California.
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