Acourtia runcinata
Acourtia nana
desert paeonia, featherleaf desertpeony
desert holly, dwarf desertpeony
basal;
petioles 0.5–9 cm;
blades oblong-oblanceolate, 2.5–23 cm, bases cuneate, margins pinnately lobed (lobes ovate), spinulose-dentate, apices acute, faces hirtellous and/or finely stipitate-glandular.
cauline;
sessile;
blades rhombic-orbiculate to suborbiculate, 10–50 mm, bases cuneate, margins coarsely and irregularly prickly-dentate, faces glabrous (reticulate).
turbinate, 14–17 mm.
campanulate, 14–17 mm.
reticulate, hispidulous.
reticulate (sockets separated by squarish, apically pubescent paleae 1 mm).
25–53;
corollas pink or lavender-pink, 12–22 mm.
15–24;
corollas lavender-pink or white, 10–17 mm.
in 2–4 series, lanceolate to subulate (3–15 mm), margins glandular-hairy, apices acuminate, abaxial faces glandular.
in 4 series, broadly ovate, margins glandular, apices acute to mucronate, abaxial faces glabrous.
borne singly or 2–3 together (on scapiform peduncles).
borne singly (at branch tips).
fusiform to linear-fusiform, 4–8 mm, stipitate-glandular and/or hispidulous;
pappi tan or white, 1–17 mm.
subcylindric, 3–7.5 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;
pappi white or tawny, 10–15 mm.
= ca. 54.
= 54.
Acourtia runcinata
Acourtia nana
Acourtia runcinata is the most widespread species of the genus, within which it is unique in possessing fasciculate, tuberous-fusiform roots. In the flora, it grows in central and southwestern Texas.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Acourtia nana grows primarily in the trans-Pecos and western Edwards Plateau.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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