Flora of North America species comparison

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Bahia pedata

blunt-scale false goldfields, bluntscale bahia
Habit Annuals or biennials, 15–70(–120+) cm.
Stems

mostly erect.
Leaves

all or mostly alternate (proximalmost sometimes opposite);

blades simple or 1–2-ternately lobed, lobes ovate or obovate to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2–25 × 1–6(–8) mm, faces sparsely scabrellous, usually gland-dotted as well.
Involucres

4–6+ × 8–12+ mm.
Ray florets

10–15;

corolla laminae 5–6(–10+) mm.
Disc florets

40–80+;

corollas 3–3.5 mm.
Cypselae

2.5–3.5+ mm, faces ± hirtellous;

pappi of ± spatulate to oblanceolate, apically ± muticous scales 1–1.5 mm.
2n

= 24.

Bahia pedata
Phenology Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug(–Nov).
Habitat Sandy soils, limestone, openings in grasslands and pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation 900–2000 m (3000–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 384.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Bahia
Sibling taxa
B. absinthifolia, B. bigelovii, B. biternata
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 123. (1852)
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