Flora of North America species comparison

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Conoclinium dissectum

palm-leaf mistflower, palmleaf thoroughwort
Stems

erect (often from knotty crowns, sometimes basally lignescent).
Leaf

blades ovate-deltate to ovate, 1.5–4 cm, bases attenuate, margins dissected or lobed, apices pointed or rounded.
Corollas

blue to lavender or purple, 2.5–3.5 mm.
Phyllaries

3.5–5 mm.
Cypselae

1.8–2.5 mm, hispidulous;

pappi: bristle tips not dilated.
2n

= 20.

Conoclinium dissectum
Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug, Oct–Nov.
Habitat Waterways, depressions and ditches, dry sandy or rocky soil, mesquite, creosote bush-mesquite
Elevation 400–1400 m (1300–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 479.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Conoclinium
Sibling taxa
C. betonicifolium, C. coelestinum
Synonyms C. greggii, Eupatorium greggii
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 88. (1852)
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