Helenium microcephalum var. oöclinium |
Helenium microcephalum var. microcephalum |
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smallhead sneezeweed |
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Habit | Plants 25–80 cm. | Plants 30–120 cm. |
Leaves | proximal and mid blades serrate to undulate-serrate to occasionally deeply toothed or laciniate, glabrate; distal blades glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy. |
proximal and mid blades serrate to undulate-serrate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; distal blades glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Peduncles | 1.5–8 cm, usually projecting terminal heads well beyond foliage. |
1–3.5 cm, projecting terminal heads barely beyond foliage. |
Involucres | 8–12 × 8–12 mm. |
4–8 × 4–8 mm. |
Ray florets | 9–13; corollas usually yellow throughout, sometimes reddish proximally and yellow distally, 2.7–9.1 × 1.5–6.7 mm. |
7–13; corollas yellow, 2.6–4.8 × 1.6–3.9 mm. |
Disc florets | 200–400+; corollas 1.7–2.4 mm, lobes 5. |
120–300+; corollas 1.2–1.6 mm, lobes (4–)5. |
Heads | 20–100+ per plant. |
20–150(–300+) per plant. |
Pappi | 0.4–0.7 mm. |
(0.2–)0.3–0.4(–0.5) mm. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Helenium microcephalum var. oöclinium |
Helenium microcephalum var. microcephalum |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Jun(–Dec). | Flowering (Feb–)Jun–Jul(–Nov). |
Habitat | Sandy or clay soils, ditches, washes, around ponds and lakes, along streams | Sandy or clay soils, ditches, washes, around ponds and lakes, along streams |
Elevation | 500–1900 m (1600–6200 ft) | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí) |
AZ; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 434. | FNA vol. 21, p. 434. |
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Synonyms | H. oöclinium | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Bierner: Sida 5: 47. (1972) | unknown |
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