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annual psathyrotes, mealy rosettes, turtleback

hairybeast turtleback

Habit Annuals (rarely persisting), 4–15 cm; glandular-pubescent, weakly tomentose, furfuraceous. Annuals, 6–15 cm, glandular-pubescent, pilose, and furfuraceous.
Stems

erect and spreading, much branched.

erect and spreading.

Leaf

blades rounded-deltate to reniform, 4–18 × 6–26 mm, margins of some or all toothed.

blades rounded-rhombic, 7–14 × 6–14 mm, margins entire (faces, at least abaxial, with straight, multicellular hairs 2–3+ mm).

Peduncles

1–28 mm.

4–20 mm.

Involucres

turbinate, 6–9 mm.

narrowly cylindric, 7–9 mm.

Florets

10–21;

corollas yellow, often purplish at tips, 4–5 mm.

9–14;

corollas yellow, often purplish at tips, ca. 8 mm.

Phyllaries

13–19, outer falling or persistent, 5–6, lanceolate to lance-linear, tips erect, inner falling, 8–13, lance-linear, tips erect.

ca. 13, outer persistent, 5, lanceolate, tips erect, inner falling, 8, lance-linear, tips erect.

Cypselae

2–3 mm;

pappi of 35–50, subequal bristles in 1 series, 1–4 mm.

4–5 mm;

pappi of ca. 150 subequal bristles in 2–4 series, 6–7 mm.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Psathyrotes annua

Psathyrotes pilifera

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering sporadically following rains.
Habitat Alkaline soils of washes and playas Reddish, alkaline soils
Elevation 800–2000 m (2600–6600 ft) 500–1400 m (1600–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; NV; UT
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from FNA
AZ; NV; UT
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 417. FNA vol. 21, p. 418.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psathyrotes Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psathyrotes
Sibling taxa
P. pilifera, P. ramosissima
P. annua, P. ramosissima
Synonyms Bulbostylis annua
Name authority (Nuttall) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 100. (1853) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 50. (1883)
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