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Pumice alpinegold

Hulsea vestita

Pumice alpinegold
Photo: Daniel, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)

About

Hulsea vestita is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name pumice alpinegold.

It is native to eastern and southern California, where various subspecies grow in separate mountain ranges from the High Sierra to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges, and Madrean Sky Islands in the Mojave Desert. One subspecies (Hulsea vestita ssp. inyoensis) also occurs in western Nevada.

Other Hulsea plants

Pacific hulsea · Shortleaf alpinegold · San Diego alpinegold · Redray alpinegold · Mexican alpinegold · Dwarf alpinegold · Alpinegold

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hulsea vestita by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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