''Hulsea nana'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family

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known by the common name dwarf alpinegold. It is native to the western United States from

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, and far northern

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.Turner Photographics, ''Hulsea nana'' , dwarf hulsea , Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
photos, description, distribution map The plant grows in the talus of volcanic mountains and plateaus.

Description

''Hulsea nana'' is a diminutive

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

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producing clumps of hairy foliage and stout stems rarely more than 20 centimeters (6 inches) tall. The leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters (0.4-2.4 inches) long and have lobed edges and many glandular hairs. The stem usually bears a single robust

flower head A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

with layers of hairy to woolly

phyllaries In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced leaf-like structures that form one or ...

. The center of the head is packed with golden disc florets surrounded by a circumference lined with golden ray florets each about a centimeter (0.4 inches) long.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment, University of CaliforniaUnited States Department of Agriculture Plants ProfileCalphotos Photo gallery, University of California

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