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Carphochaete
Family:
Asteraceae
Jillian Cowles
FNA
Resources
David J. Keil in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Subshrubs or shrubs,
(8-)20-45(-120+)[-300] cm.
Stems
erect [decumbent], branched from bases and/or ± throughout.
Leaves
cauline; opposite [alternate]; sessile; blades 1(-3)-nerved, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate to linear, faces glabrate or puberulent, gland-dotted (in pits).
Heads
discoid, usually borne singly or in pairs [in ± cymiform arrays].
Involucres
cylindric [turbinate], [2-]3-5 mm diam.
Phyllaries
persistent (at least outer), 8-12+ in 3-4+ series, not notably nerved, deltate-ovate to oblong, lanceolate, or linear, unequal.
Receptacles
flat to slightly convex (glabrous), epaleate [partially paleate].
Florets
3-4[-6+]; corollas white or pink to purple, throats narrowly funnelform (sometimes puberulent inside), lobes 5, narrowly triangular to linear (adaxially densely papillose); styles: bases enlarged, glabrous, branches ± filiform (appendages cylindric or slightly flattened, densely papillose).
Cypselae
subcylindric, [4-]8-10-ribbed, ± hirtellous;
pappi
persistent, of 0-5+ muticous, erose, lacerate, or lanceolate to subulate scales (1-4 mm) plus [5-]9-12+ aristate scales (10-15 mm) [coroniform].
x
= 11, 12.
Species within checklist:
Plantas del Estado de Durango, México
Carphochaete bigelovii
Map not
Available
Carphochaete pringlei
Map not
Available
Carphochaete wislizenii
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Available
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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