OregonFlora: Glyptopleura marginata vs. Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae

	Glyptopleura marginata	Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
	carveseed
Habit	Plants 1–6 cm.
Leaves	1–6 cm.
Involucres	10–14 mm.
Florets	8–18; ligules 4–10 mm, white to pale yellow; aging pink-purple.
Phyllaries	5–14, glabrous.
Fruits	3–5 mm; straw-colored, glabrous; beak 0.5–1 mm.Desert scrub; dunes; meadows; washes; lake margins. Flowering May–Jun. 1000–1700 m. BR; Owy. CA; ID; NV; southeast to UT. Native.

	Glyptopleura marginata	Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Glyptopleura marginata and G. setulosa (not in Oregon) were earlier considered varieties of a single species. However, they differ consistently in length of florets, those of G. setulosa being much showier and long-exserted, and perhaps therefore in breeding system as well. Recent references place them as distinct species, G. marginata having the wider range of the two.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 273 Kenton Chambers
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Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae

carveseed

Habit

Plants 1–6 cm.

Leaves

1–6 cm.

Involucres

10–14 mm.

Florets

8–18;

ligules 4–10 mm, white to pale yellow; aging pink-purple.

Phyllaries

5–14, glabrous.

Fruits

3–5 mm; straw-colored, glabrous;

beak 0.5–1 mm.Desert scrub; dunes; meadows; washes; lake margins. Flowering May–Jun. 1000–1700 m. BR; Owy. CA; ID; NV; southeast to UT. Native.

Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Glyptopleura marginata and G. setulosa (not in Oregon) were earlier considered varieties of a single species. However, they differ consistently in length of florets, those of G. setulosa being much showier and long-exserted, and perhaps therefore in breeding system as well. Recent references place them as distinct species, G. marginata having the wider range of the two.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 273
Kenton Chambers

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