slender woolly-marbles

Psilocarphus tenellus

Member of woolly-marbles (genus Psilocarphus)
paper daisies (tribe Gnaphalieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
other colors in flowering plants

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• largest heads 3–6 mm in diameter
• paleae ± visible through hairs
• distal leaves appressed to heads
• ovate to widely elliptic
• distal leaves generally ± spreading
• spoon-shaped to obovate
• length generally 2–5 × width, 1.5–2.5 × head diameter

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Chris’s observations: 3 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Coal Creek OSP
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
• Santa Teresa CP

Months:

• Apr.: 2
• May: 0
• Jun.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora