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hoary aster, New Mexico tansy-aster

Mexican tansyaster

Habit Annuals, 25–150 cm. Annuals, 20–120 cm.
Stems

and branches often sparsely appressed-hairy, stipitate-glandular distally, occasionally proximally.

and branches often sparsely appressed- or erect-hairy, stipitate-glandular, more densely distally.

Involucres

hemispheric, 4–5 mm.

hemispheric, 5–8 mm.

Receptacles

flat to convex, 1.8–4 mm wide.

flat to convex, 4–6 mm diam.

Ray florets

20–40;

laminae 5–9 × 0.5–1 mm.

30–70;

laminae 7–14 × 1–1.5 mm.

Disc florets

40–75;

corollas 2–3.5 mm.

50–150;

corollas 2.5–4.5 mm.

Phyllaries

unequal;

outer oblong to narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 2–2.5 × 0.6–0.9 mm, mostly herbaceous, bases inconspicuously indurate, scarious margins absent or obscured by stipitate glands;

inner oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3–5 × 0.7–1 mm, bases indurate, margins scarious.

lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, equal or slightly unequal, 4–7 × 0.7–1.2 mm;

outer often mostly herbaceous (bases inconspicuously indurate), scarious margins absent or obscured by stipitate glands;

inner: bases indurate, margins scarious.

Disc cypselae

1.2–2.2 mm, sparsely appressed-hairy;

pappi 30–45, 1.5–3 mm.

1.2–2.5 mm, sparsely to densely appressed-hairy;

pappus bristles 40–50, 2.5–4 mm.

Ray cypselae

1–1.8 mm, sparsely appressed-hairy.

1.2–2 mm, sparsely to densely appressed-hairy.

Distal

leaf blades lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or linear, smallest 2.5–5 × 0.7–1.5 mm, bases cuneate to slightly cordate, sometimes slightly clasping.

leaf blades ovate to lanceolate, smallest 5–12 × 2–6 mm, bases cordate to auriculate, clasping.

2n

= 8.

= 8 (Mexico).

Psilactis asteroides

Psilactis gentryi

Phenology Flowering May–Nov. Flowering Sep–Nov.
Habitat Wet or occasionally flooded habitats, stream banks, lakeshores, ditches, fields, disturbed areas Canyon bottoms, along rocky streambeds
Elevation 900–2100 m (3000–6900 ft) 1700–2300 m (5600–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Mexico, Sonora)
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Discussion

Psilactis asteroides grows in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico and Texas.

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

Psilactis gentryi occurs in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 464. FNA vol. 20, p. 463.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Psilactis Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Psilactis
Sibling taxa
P. brevilingulata, P. gentryi, P. heterocarpa, P. tenuis
P. asteroides, P. brevilingulata, P. heterocarpa, P. tenuis
Synonyms Aster boltoniae, Machaeranthera boltoniae, P. leptos Aster gentryi, Machaeranthera gentryi, Machaeranthera mexicana
Name authority A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 72. (1849) (Standley) D. R. Morgan: Syst. Bot. 18: 302. (1993)
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