Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Raillardiopsis muirii (A. Gray) Rydberg
Raillardella Muirii A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 618. 1876.
Stems several, 1-3 dm. high, hirsute throughout, slightly glandular above; leaves linear, acute or the lower acuminate, white-hirsute on both sides, also scabrous beneath, with a strong midrib and revolute margins, 1-3 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide; heads 1-3; involucre about 1 cm. high; bracts linear, acute, hirsute and slightly glandular; corolla about 7 mm. long; achenes similar to those of the preceding, but more hirsute; pappus-bristles 7-8 mm. long.
Type locality: Sierra Nevada (according to a letter to Dr. Gray "in vicinity of Yosemite"), California.
Distribution: Southern Sierra Nevada, California.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1927. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; LIABEAE, NEUROLAENEAE, SENECIONEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 34(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
