Amauria rotundifolia Benth.

Amauria rotundifolia Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 31. 1844
Perityle Filchii Torr. Pacif. R. R. Rep. 4: 100. 1857. Laphamia pfninsidaris Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 8. 1884. Perityle rotundifolia Brand. Zee 4: 210. 1893.
A perennial with woody caudex; stem densely glandular-pubescent, 1-2 dm. high; lower
leaves opposite, the upper alternate; petioles short, about 1 cm. long; blades thick, ovate to
orbicular, subcordate at the base, doubly dentate or slightly lobed, 3-nerved, glandular on both sides, 1-2 cm. long; heads few, corymbose or solitary; involucre hemispheric, 6-7 mm.
high, about 12 mm. broad; bracts oblanceolate, acute, glandular-pubescent, the inner with
broad membranous margins; ray-flowers about 20; ligules white, 8 mm. long; disk-flowers
glandular, puberulent, short, 5-toothed; style-appendages subulate; achenes linear, hispidulous
on the 4 angles, otherwise glabrous; pappus of a small callous crown.
Type locality: San Quentin, Lower California. Distribution: Lower California and California (?).