Raillardella pringlei
| Raillardella pringlei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Raillardella |
| Species: | R. pringlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Raillardella pringlei Greene | |
Raillardella pringlei is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name showy raillardella.[1] It is endemic to the southern Klamath Ranges of northern California, where it grows in moist forest habitat on serpentine soils. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing in a clump of rosetted basal leaves. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped with smooth or faintly toothed edges, up to 15 centimeters long, and mostly hairless. The plant produces an inflorescence generally 25 centimeters to half a meter tall consisting of a solitary flower head or an array of up to three heads. The head is bell-shaped, sometimes widely so. It contains many orange to red-orange disc florets each about a centimeter long, and a fringe of several orange or reddish ray florets each up to 2 centimeters in length. The fruit is a long, narrow achene which may be 2 centimeters in length including its pappus of plumelike bristles.
References
- ↑ "Raillardella pringlei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 October 2015.