Agnorhiza bolanderi

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Agnorhiza bolanderi
Agnorhiza bolanderi.jpg
Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Agnorhiza
Species:
A. bolanderi
Binomial name
Agnorhiza bolanderi
Synonyms [2]
  • Balsamorhiza bolanderiA.Gray
  • Wyethia bolanderi(A.Gray) W.A.Weber

Agnorhiza bolanderi is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Bolander's mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a narrow section of the Sierra Nevada foothills about 275 kilometers long from Shasta County to Mariposa County. [3] It grows in chaparral and grassland habitat, usually on serpentine soils. [4] [5]

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Description

Agnorhiza bolanderi is a perennial herb growing from a thick taproot and caudex unit. This underground stem part helps it survive wildfire, which is common in its chaparral habitat. [3] The aboveground stem grows up to 30 centimeters long. It is glandular and sticky in texture. The leaves have oval blades up to 12 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a solitary bell-shaped, sunflower-like flower head sometimes tucked amongst the uppermost leaves. The head contains about 13 yellow ray florets which may be 2 to 3 centimeters long or more. At the center are yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene about 7 millimeters long which does not have a pappus. [6] [7]

The species is named for German-American botanist Henry Nicholas Bolander, 1831–1897. [8]

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<i>Wyethia angustifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Wyethia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names California compassplant and narrowleaf mule's ears. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in grassland, meadows, and other open habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem 30 to 90 centimeters tall. The leaves have lance-shaped blades up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence produces one or more large sunflower-like flower heads at the top of the hairy stem. The head has narrow, hairy phyllaries at the base. It contains up to 21 yellow ray florets each up to 4.5 centimeters long and many yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene which may be nearly 2 centimeters long including its pappus.

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<i>Agnorhiza reticulata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Agnorhiza elata</i> Species of flowering plant

Agnorhiza elata is a species of flowering plants known by the common name Hall's mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a section of the central Sierra Nevada foothills. It occurs primarily in a region stretching from Tuolumne County to Fresno County, but a few isolated populations have been found in Tulare County.

<i>Wyethia glabra</i> Species of flowering plant

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Agnorhiza invenusta is a species of flowering plant known by the common names Coville's mule's ears and rayless mule's ears. It is found only in California, where it grows in the Sierra Nevada foothills as in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties.

<i>Wyethia longicaulis</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Agnorhiza ovata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Deinandra mohavensis</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Agnorhiza bolanderi". NatureServe Explorer Agnorhiza bolanderi. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. The Plant List, Agnorhiza bolanderi (A.Gray) W.A.Weber
  3. 1 2 Ayres, D. R. and F. J. Ryan. (1999). Genetic diversity and structure of the narrow endemic Wyethia reticulata and its congener W. bolanderi (Asteraceae) using RAPD and allozyme techniques. American Journal of Botany 86 344-53.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Calflora taxon report, Wyethia bolanderi (A. Gray) W.A. Weber Bolander wyethia, Bolander's mule ears, Bolander's wyethia
  6. Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 105, Agnorhiza bolanderi
  7. Jepson Manual Treatment
  8. Gray, Asa 1868. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7(2): 356 in English and Latin, as Balsamorhiza bolanderi