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Munzothamnus
Family:
Asteraceae
FNA
Resources
L. D. Gottlieb in Flora of North America (vol. 19, 20 and 21)
Shrubs,
100-200 cm; probably taprooted.
Stems
straggly (± fleshy), branched, tomentose to glabrate.
Leaves
cauline (tufted at ends of branches); petiolate; blades obovate to oblong-obovate, margins irregularly sinuate or lobulate.
Heads
in paniculiform arrays (at ends of branches).
Peduncles
not inflated, bracteolate (usually stipitate-glandular).
Calyculi
of 7-10, unequal, triangular to ovate bractlets (lengths to
1
/2 phyllaries).
Involucres
cylindric, 3-5+ mm diam.
Phyllaries
8-9 in ± 2 series, lanceolate to linear, margins narrowly scarious, apices obtuse to acute (often sparsely arachnose), faces glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent.
Receptacles
± flat, pitted, glabrous, epaleate.
Florets
9-12; corollas rosy to purplish.
Cypselae
gray-brown, cylindric, apices truncate (not beaked), faces 5, equal, each with 1-2, narrow, longitudinal lines or shallow grooves, otherwise smooth, glabrous;
pappi
falling, of 25-35 distinct, white, antrorsely barbellate bristles in 1 series.
x
= 8-
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Munzothamnus blairii
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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