Blepharizonia laxa

Blepharizonia laxa is a California species of tarweed known by the common name glandular big tarweed.

Blepharizonia laxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Blepharizonia
Species:
B. laxa
Binomial name
Blepharizonia laxa
Synonyms[1]
  • Blepharizonia plumosa var. subplumosa (A.Gray) Jeps.
  • Blepharizonia plumosa subsp. viscida D.D.Keck
  • Hemizonia plumosa var. subplumosa A.Gray

Distribution

The plant is endemic to central California, where it grows in the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent areas of the southern San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley, from Contra Costa County to as far south as San Luis Obispo County.[2]

It is native to California chaparral and woodlands habitats.

Description

Blepharizonia laxa is similar to its relative, B. plumosa. It tends, however, to be yellow-green rather than gray-green, and covered with many more stalked glands.[3][4]

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See also
  • Endemic flora of California
  • Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands

References
  1. The Plant List, Blepharizonia laxa Greene
  2. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Blepharizonia laxa E. Greene, glandular big tarweed
  3. Greene, Edward Lee 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4D): 279
  4. Flora of North America, Blepharizonia laxa Greene


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