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Carolina woollywhite

Peduncles

not subtended by bracts or bracts not membranous, 3–5+ × 1–3+ mm.

Phyllaries

whitish to yellowish, 5–9 × 2–4 mm.

2n

= 34.

Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. corymbosus

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Clays and/or calcareous soils, limestone, grasslands
Elevation 10–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
KS; NE; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 315.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Hymenopappinae > Hymenopappus > Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Sibling taxa
H. scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
Synonyms H. corymbosus
Name authority (Torrey & A. Gray) B. L. Turner: Rhodora 58: 297. (1956)
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