Calyptocarpus vialis |
Calyptocarpus |
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straggler daisy |
calyptocarpus |
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Habit | Perennials, to 30 cm. | |
Stems | prostrate to decumbent, branched throughout. |
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Leaves | blades 1–3(–6) cm. |
cauline; opposite; petiolate; blades (± 3-nerved) deltate to ovate or lanceolate, bases cuneate to truncate, margins toothed, faces ± scabrellous. |
Involucres | obconic, 3–8 mm diam. |
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Receptacles | convex, paleate (paleae persistent, scarious). |
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Ray florets | 3–8, pistillate, fertile; corollas pale yellow. |
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Disc florets | 10–20, bisexual, fertile; corollas yellow, tubes shorter than funnelform throats, lobes 4–5, ± deltate. |
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Phyllaries | persistent, 5 in 1(–2) series (linear to lanceolate, herbaceous). |
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Heads | radiate, borne singly (in axils). |
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Cypselae | 2–4 mm; pappi of ± erect to spreading awns, the longer 1–2(–3+) mm. |
compressed or flattened, cuneate (faces often tuberculate); pappi persistent, of 2(–5+) stout awns. |
Rays | often inconspicuous, laminae mostly 2–5 mm. |
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x | = 12. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Calyptocarpus vialis |
Calyptocarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering ± year round. | |
Habitat | Ruderal, lawns, along paths and roads, clays, sands, calcareous soils | |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) | |
Distribution |
AL; FL; LA; MS; TX; Mexico; Central America
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Mexico; Central America; s United States |
Discussion | Species 2 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 133. | FNA vol. 21, p. 133. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Calyptocarpus | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae |
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Synonyms | C. blepharolepis | |
Name authority | Lessing: Syn. Gen. Compos., 221. (1832) | Lessing: Syn. Gen. Compos., 221. (1832) |
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