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Wright's hymenothrix, Wright's thimblehead

Habit Annuals or perennials, 3–6 dm.
Disc florets

15–30;

corollas white or pinkish to purplish, 5–6 mm, lobe lengths 2–3+ times throats;

anthers pinkish to purplish.

Phyllaries

(8–)12–16, mostly oblong to ovate or obovate.

Cypselae

4–5 mm;

pappus scales 4–6 mm.

Rays

0.

2n

= 24.

Hymenothrix wrightii

Phenology Flowering mostly late summer–fall.
Habitat Rocky places, often with pinyons and junipers
Elevation 900–2300 m (3000–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 388.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Hymenothrix
Sibling taxa
H. loomisii, H. wislizeni
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 97. (1853)
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