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small palafox, small palafoxia

Feay's palafox

Habit Annuals, 20–60 cm. Perennials or subshrubs, 100–300 cm.
Stems

scabrous to glabrate, not stipitate-glandular.

strigillose to nearly glabrous, not stipitate-glandular.

Leaf

blades linear, 20–70 × 1–4 mm.

blades narrowly elliptic, broadly oblong, or ovate, 20–60 × 5–25 mm.

Involucres

± turbinate.

campanulate or broadly to narrowly turbinate.

Ray florets

0.

0.

Disc florets

5–30;

corollas actinomorphic, 5–6 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes.

15–30;

corollas ± actinomorphic, 10–14 mm, throats ± cylindric, longer than lobes.

Phyllaries

3–5 × 1+ mm, ± equal, ± strigillose, not stipitate-glandular.

5–9 × 1–1.5 mm, ± equal, ± strigillose.

Cypselae

3–5 mm;

pappus scales of inner cypselae 0.3–1 mm.

6–8 mm;

pappus scales of inner cypselae 1.5–2 mm.

2n

= 20.

= 24.

Palafoxia callosa

Palafoxia feayi

Phenology Flowering summer–fall. Flowering (spring–)late summer–fall.
Habitat Rocky, calcareous soils Sandy soils
Elevation 50–300 m (200–1000 ft) 0–10 m (0–0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; MO; TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
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from FNA
FL
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Discussion

Some depauperate specimens of Palafoxia rosea (e.g., Oklahoma, Beckham Co., 17 Oct 1936, Eskero 1502, US) closely resemble P. callosa.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 390. FNA vol. 21, p. 390.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Palafoxia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Palafoxia
Sibling taxa
P. arida, P. feayi, P. hookeriana, P. integrifolia, P. reverchonii, P. riograndensis, P. rosea, P. sphacelata, P. texana
P. arida, P. callosa, P. hookeriana, P. integrifolia, P. reverchonii, P. riograndensis, P. rosea, P. sphacelata, P. texana
Synonyms Stevia callosa
Name authority (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 2: 369. (1842) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 59. (1877)
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