Death Valley goldeneye

Viguiera reticulata S. Watson, Amer. Naturalist 7: 301. 1873

Shrubs, 50–150 cm. Leaves alternate or opposite; petioles 3.5–30 mm; blades broadly ovate, 2.8–9 × 2.3–6.5 cm, margins entire, faces: abaxial sericeous and gland-dotted (and strongly reticulate, not shiny), adaxial sericeous (hair bases slightly enlarged). Heads 3–9(–25). Peduncles 0.5–5 cm. Involucres campanulate to hemispheric, 10–15 × 6–9 mm. Phyllaries 18–25, 2.5–5 × 1.2–2 mm. Paleae oblanceolate, 4–8 mm. Ray florets 8–15; laminae 7–15 mm. Disc florets 40+; corollas 3–5.5 mm. Cypselae 2.5–4 mm; pappi of 2 lacerate, aristate scales 1.5–2.8 mm and 2–6 lacerate scales 0.6–1 mm. 2n = 36.

Flowering Mar–Jun. Xeric scrub, desert grottoes and canyons; 600–1400 m; Calif., Nev.