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Ionactis elegans
Ionactis elegans
(Soreng & Spellenberg) Nesom
(redirected from:
Chaetopappa elegans
Soreng & R.W.Spellenberg)
Family:
Asteraceae
Sierra Blanca Ankle-Aster
[
Chaetopappa elegans
Soreng & R.W.Spellenberg]
Cecelia Alexander
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 20)
Plants
3-5(-9) cm (with relatively short caudex branches, cespitose; taprooted).
Stems
proximally herbaceous or slightly woody, eglandular.
Leaves:
proximal densely clustered, internodes not visible, reduced in size distally; mid and distal 5-17 mm, margins green, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent, eglandular.
Heads
1(-3).
Involucres
4.5-6.5 mm.
Disc florets
bisexual, fertile; corollas 3.8-5 mm.
Cypselae
2-2.5 mm, faces sessile- to stipitate-glandular.
2
n
= 18.
Flowering Jun-Aug. Granite outcrops; of conservation concern; 2500 m; N.Mex.
Ionactis elegans
is known from a single population system in Eagle Creek Canyon, Lincoln County.
Cecelia Alexander
Cecelia Alexander
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