Hulsea

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Read about Hulsea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hulsea (Dr. G. W. Hulse, of Louisiana, who collected in California). Compositae. Perennial, biennial or annual herbs native of California, Nevada and north.

Glandular pubescent or woolly herbs: lvs. pinnately lobed or toothed: fls. large, solitary, vellow or purple; involucral bracts free, narrow; style-branches obtuse; pappus of 4 hyaline, lacerated, chaffy scales.—Eleven species. This includes one of many woolly herbs offered by Californian collectors. It grows a few inches high and bears fls. with yellow rays. Treated best as a partial alpine.


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