Flora of North America species comparison

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Palafoxia sphacelata

othake, ray palafoxia
Habit Annuals, 10–90 cm.
Stems

usually proximally hispid, distally stipitate-glandular.
Leaf

blades broadly to narrowly lanceolate, 30–90 × 3–20 mm.
Involucres

broadly to narrowly turbinate.
Ray florets

3–5;

corollas 15–25 mm, laminae 5–12 mm.
Disc florets

15–35;

corollas ± actinomorphic, 10–14 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes.
Phyllaries

9–12+ × 1.5–3 mm, ± equal, ± scabrous to hispid and/or stipitate-glandular.
Cypselae

6–9 mm;

pappus scales of inner cypselae 7–9 mm.
2n

= 24.

Palafoxia sphacelata
Phenology Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Sandy soils
Elevation 1000–1800 m (3300–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; KS; NE; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 389.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Palafoxia
Sibling taxa
P. arida, P. callosa, P. feayi, P. hookeriana, P. integrifolia, P. reverchonii, P. riograndensis, P. rosea, P. texana
Synonyms Stevia sphacelata
Name authority (Nuttall ex Torrey) Cory: Rhodora 48: 86. (1946)
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