Rafinesquia neomexicana |
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desert chicory, New Mexico plumeseed, plumeseed |
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Habit | Plants 15–60 cm. |
Involucres | 18–25 mm. |
Cypselae | 12–18(–20) mm, including relatively stout beaks 3–6 mm; pappi of 15–21, plumose (proximal 65–80%) bristles, barbs crooked, entangled. |
Ligules | surpassing phyllaries by 15–20 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Rafinesquia neomexicana |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Open sites, sandy soils, gravelly clay loams in Lower and Upper Sonoran Zones, often in Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland, Mojave and Colorado deserts |
Elevation | 200–1500 m (700–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 349. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Rafinesquia |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 103. (1853) |
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