Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus
desert chicory, manystem false-dandelion, smallflower desert-chicory
seldom, if ever, scapiform, branching from bases and/or distally, usually sparsely to densely pilosulous proximally, sometimes glabrous.
1–3(–5+), proximal mostly oblanceolate to lanceolate, margins usually pinnately lobed, sometimes dentate or entire, distal ± lanceolate, margins usually pinnately (3–)5–7(–9+)-lobed.
± campanulate to cylindric, 16–22 mm.
50–60;
anthers 3.5 mm (pollen equatorial diameters 43–46 µm).
13–21.
bractlets 8–13 in 1–2 series, deltate to subulate, 3–5(–6) mm.
(1–)3–7+ in loose, corymbiform arrays.
bodies reddish brown, 4–5 mm, beaks 7–9 mm;
pappi 7–9(–10) mm.
= 12.
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus
Some specimens of Pyrrhopappus from the Panhandle of Texas and from New Mexico are intermediate for traits used here to distinguish P. pauciflorus and P. rothrockii. Some authors (e.g., B. L. Turner and K. J. Kim 1990) have included P. rothrockii within P. pauciflorus.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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