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Baker's paperflower

Habit Biennials or perennials (rarely flowering first year), 5–12(–20+) cm.
Stems

arachno-villous (gray to gray-green).

Peduncles

15–35(–50) mm.

Involucres

7–9(–12) mm.

Disc florets

(10–)12–15(–20).

Heads

in ± loose, corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

usually glabrous, sometimes gland-dotted;

pappi of 4–5 ± oblong scales 1.5–2 mm.

Rays

4–5(–8);

laminae 8–15+ mm, spreading in fruit.

2n

= 32.

Psilostrophe bakeri

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Rocky, often alkaline, slopes, knolls
Elevation 1300–2000 m (4300–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; ID
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 455.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psilostrophe
Sibling taxa
P. cooperi, P. gnaphalodes, P. sparsiflora, P. tagetina, P. villosa
Name authority Greene: Pl. Baker. 3: 29. (1901)
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