Psathyrotes annua |
Psathyrotes pilifera |
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annual psathyrotes, mealy rosettes, turtleback |
hairybeast turtleback |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; ID; NV; UT
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AZ; NV; UT |
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 | ||
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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