Raillardella scaposa

Green leaved raillardella

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Green leaved raillardella is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Cascade Range Highlands in dry to wet meadows, open conifer forests, and semi-barren subalpine and alpine slopes at elevations of 2,000 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces yellow to orange-yellow flowers with ray blossoms 5 to 25 millimeters long. Growing 6 to 53 centimeters tall with slender stems, it forms compact clusters in alpine environments. Its leaves are primarily basal, linear to lanceolate, 1 to 16 centimeters long, and have a distinctive glandular surface occasionally marked by sparse, minute hairs. The plant produces fruits 4.5 to 10 millimeters long with pappus scales typically 8 to 30 millimeters in length.

Habitat: dry to wet, often sandy sites, of meadows, open conifer forest, semi-barren subalpine and alpine slopes, flats

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 2000-3500 m

Bioregions: CaRH, SNH

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