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1-celled 2-cleft 5-lobed achenes acuminate acute alternate Annual or perennial anthers apex ascending axillary axils base Benth branches bristles broad broadly calyx calyx-lobes Calyx-tube campanulate capsule carpels chaparral belt clusters corolla culms decumbent dehiscent dense dioecious elongated empty glumes entire erect filaments filiform fleshy flowering glume foothills Frequent fruit glabrous glandular globose green herbage hirsute hispid inflorescence involucral bracts lanceolate leaflets leafy less linear lobes margins monoecious Mountains narrow narrowly nearly Nutt oblong obovate obtuse Occasional Ovary ovate ovoid ovules palea panicle Pappus pedicels peduncles perennial herbs perianth petals petioles pinnately pinnatifid pistillate pubescent purple racemes rarely Receptacle San Bernardino San Gabriel San Gabriel Mountains Santa Santa Ana Mountains scabrous scarious Seeds segments sepals sessile sheaths short shorter shrubs slender slightly smooth solitary spikelets spikes spreading Stamens stems stigma stout style subulate terete terminal throughout our range toothed tube umbel upper usually villous yellow