Psilactis asteroides |
Psilactis gentryi |
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hoary aster, New Mexico tansy-aster |
Mexican tansyaster |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Mexico, Sonora) |
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 | ||
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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