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dudweed

greenstem paperflower

Habit Biennials or perennials (rarely flowering first year), (15–)25–40(–50+) cm. Biennials or perennials (rarely flowering first year), 10–40+ cm.
Stems

arachno-villous (gray to gray-green).

± strigillose (greenish, sometimes ± villous in proximal axils).

Peduncles

(5–)10–25 mm.

8–12(–25+) mm.

Involucres

5–6 mm.

4–6 mm.

Ray florets

(1–)2–3(–4);

corolla laminae (6–)8–10+ mm, reflexed in fruit.

Disc florets

5–9(–12).

7–9.

Heads

in ± loose to crowded, corymbiform arrays.

in ± corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

villous;

pappi of 4–5 lance-subulate scales 2–2.5 mm (scales ± villous abaxially and margins ± lacerate).

usually glabrous, sometimes gland-dotted;

pappi of 4–5 lanceolate to lance-subulate scales 2–3 mm.

Rays

(2–)3(–4);

laminae 4–6+ mm, spreading in fruit.

2n

= 32.

= 32.

Psilostrophe gnaphalodes

Psilostrophe sparsiflora

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun(–Dec). Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Creosote-bush scrub, desert flats, dry banks, limestone soils Grasslands, pinyon-juniper scrub, sagebrush scrub, yellow pine forests
Elevation 300–1400+ m (1000–4600+ ft) 900–2200 m (3000–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
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from FNA
AZ; NM; UT
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 455. FNA vol. 21, p. 454.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psilostrophe Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psilostrophe
Sibling taxa
P. bakeri, P. cooperi, P. sparsiflora, P. tagetina, P. villosa
P. bakeri, P. cooperi, P. gnaphalodes, P. tagetina, P. villosa
Synonyms Riddellia tagetina var. sparsiflora
Name authority de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 261. (1838) (A. Gray) A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16: 23. (1903)
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