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smallhead sneezeweed

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

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
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí)
from FNA
AZ; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 434. FNA vol. 21, p. 434.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Helenium > Helenium microcephalum Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Helenium > Helenium microcephalum
Sibling taxa
H. microcephalum var. microcephalum
H. microcephalum var. oöclinium
Synonyms H. oöclinium
Name authority (A. Gray) Bierner: Sida 5: 47. (1972) unknown
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