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Lessingia hololeuca
© 2003 James B. Gratiot
Lessingia hololeuca
© 2006 Doreen L. Smith
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Lessingia hololeuca  E. Greene
woolly headed lessingia, woollyhead lessingia
Lessingia hololeuca, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 3 (review list).   7th Edition  /  8th Edition

Communities: Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub
Affinity to serpentine soil:   2.5 (strong indicator)   [Safford et al 2005]
Wetlands:Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always under natural conditions in non wetlands in California [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Family: ASTERACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Lessingia found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
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ICPN: Lessingia bakeri
ICPN: Lessingia imbricata




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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  There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported records.
  There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).
Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Lessingia hololeuca  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (LEHO)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Jun 19, 2013).

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