Hulsea vestita

A woolly-tomentose montane & alpine species found from the central Sierra Nevada south to the Mexican border in California, and peripherally in Nevada.

Plant habit at Horseshoe Meadow, east side of the southern Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California, 2 Jul 2009.

at Horseshoe Meadow, east side of the southern Sierra Nevada, 2 Jul 2009.

A pseudanthium at Horseshoe Meadow, east side of the southern Sierra Nevada, 2 Jul 2009.

Side view of a pseudanthium, showing phyllaries; Horseshoe Meadow, east side of the southern Sierra Nevada, 2 Jul 2009.

A split pseudanthium at Horseshoe Meadow, east side of the southern Sierra Nevada, 2 Jul 2009.