Psilostrophe tagetina |
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paper daisy, paper flower, woolly paperflower |
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Habit | Biennials or perennials (rarely flowering first year), 10–30(–60+) cm. |
Stems | arachno-villous (gray to gray-green). |
Peduncles | (3–)12–20(–40) mm. |
Involucres | 4–8 mm. |
Disc florets | 6–9(–12). |
Heads | in ± loose to crowded, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | usually glabrous, sometimes hirtellous and/or gland-dotted; pappi of (4–)6–8 elliptic or lanceolate to lance-subulate scales 2–3+ mm. |
Rays | 3–4(–6); laminae (3–)7–14+ mm, spreading in fruit. |
2n | = 32. |
Psilostrophe tagetina |
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Phenology | Flowering (Apr–)May–Sep(–Dec). |
Habitat | Desert scrub, grasslands, limestone soils, saline flats, sandy soils |
Elevation | (300–)600–2400 m ((1000–)2000–7900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Discussion | See comments under 6. Psilostrophe villosa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 455. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Psilostrophe |
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Synonyms | Riddellia tagetina, P. tagetina var. grandiflora, P. tagetina var. lanata |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Greene: Pittonia 2: 176. (1891) |
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