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Newberry's hymenopappus, Newberry's woollywhite

Habit Perennials, 20–60 cm.
Leaves

basal 2-pinnate, 12–25 cm, lobes 5–15(–25+) × 0.5–1.5(–3+) mm;

cauline 1–3(–5).

Peduncles

6–15 cm.

Ray florets

8;

corollas white or pinkish, laminae 14–20 mm.

Disc florets

60–150+;

corollas yellowish, 3.5–4 mm, tubes 1.5–2 mm, throats campanulate, 1.5–2 mm, lengths 2–3 times lobes.

Phyllaries

whitish or yellowish, 8–10 × 4–7 mm.

Heads

3–8 per stem.

Cypselae

3.5–4 mm, glabrous;

pappi 0 or of 1–12+ scales 0.01–0.1 mm.

2n

= 34.

Hymenopappus newberryi

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Clays or igneous soils, openings in aspen, pine, and spruce woodlands
Elevation 2100–3000 m (6900–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NM
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 310.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Hymenopappinae > Hymenopappus
Sibling taxa
H. artemisiifolius, H. biennis, H. carrizoanus, H. filifolius, H. flavescens, H. mexicanus, H. radiatus, H. scabiosaeus, H. tenuifolius
Synonyms Leucampyx newberryi
Name authority (A. Gray ex Porter & J. M. Coulter) I. M. Johnston: Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 96. (1923)
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