cretanweed

Hedypnois rhagadioloides

Member of yellow dandelion-like flowers
lettuce, chicory, dandelion, and salsify tribe (tribe Cichorieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

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• one stem from base, occasionally branched
• mostly basal leaves
• cauline leaves at branch nodes
• tapered to base
• small teeth to mid-sized lobes
• leaves, pedicel, and phyllaries with distinct spreading hairs
• phyllaries in 2 series
• outer phyllaries small
• inner phyllaries all the same length, extending partway out the spread petals
• ligules yellow, drying ± blue
• may be reddish-brown tipped, especially underneath

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Chris’s observations: 1 (none are research grade)

Locations:

• Almaden Quicksilver CP

Months:

• Apr.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora