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Adenophyllum wrightii var. wrightii

Adenophyllum wrightii
Photo is of parent taxon

Wright's dogweed
Habit Annuals, to 70 cm.
Leaves

linear or pinnately lobed, 25–35 mm, lobes 5–9, linear (each with oil-gland at base).

Peduncles

3–6 cm.

Involucres

broadly campanulate to obconic, 7–8 mm.

Ray florets

usually 8;

corollas yellow-orange;

tubes 3 mm, laminae 2 × 1 mm.

Disc florets

30–50;

corollas pale yellow, often tipped with crimson, 4–5 mm.

Phyllaries

8–13, narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, remaining connate in fruit.

Calyculi

of 3–5 subulate bractlets 3–5 mm (eglandular).

Cypselae

3.5–4.5 mm;

pappi of 10 outer, erose scales 0.7–1 mm plus 10 inner, unequally 3-aristate scales 5–6.5 mm.

2n

= 14.

Adenophyllum wrightii var. wrightii

Adenophyllum wrightii
Phenology Flowering fall.
Habitat Wettish sites in otherwise arid areas, coarse, sandy alluvium
Elevation 1500–2600 m (4900–8500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua)
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 239. FNA vol. 21, p. 239.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Pectidinae > Adenophyllum > Adenophyllum wrightii Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Pectidinae > Adenophyllum
Sibling taxa
A. cooperi, A. porophylloides
Subordinate taxa
A. wrightii var. wrightii
Synonyms Dyssodia neomexicana
Name authority unknown A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 92. (1853)
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