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camphor daisy, Gulf Coast camphor-daisy

viscid camphor-daisy, viscid tansyaster

Habit Annuals or perennials, 10–70(–100) cm, herbaceous to suffrutescent. Annuals, 20–100 cm, herbaceous or suffrutescent.
Leaf

blades oblong to oblanceolate, mid-cauline (2.5–)4–13 mm wide.

blades oblanceolate to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, mid-cauline (1–)4–15(–25) mm wide.

Involucres

(6–)10–15 × 12–30 mm.

(4.5–)6–9 × 9–15(–20) mm.

Ray florets

17–38;

corollas 8.5–19 mm.

(13–)20–36;

corollas 6–11(–14) mm.

Disc florets

corolla tubes longer than limbs.

corolla tubes ± equaling limbs.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 series, loose, subequal, apices erect to spreading, 1.3–1.7 mm wide, herbaceous.

in 3–4 series, loose, strongly unequal, apices broadly spreading to squarrose, ca. 0.9–1 mm wide, herbaceous.

Heads

essentially sessile, often surpassed by distal leaves that continue to very base of heads.

on short, sometimes bracteate peduncles, not surpassed by distal leaves.

2n

= 12.

= 12.

Rayjacksonia phyllocephala

Rayjacksonia annua

Phenology Flowering (Jul–)Sep–Dec (sporadically Feb–Jun). Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct.
Habitat Sandy sites, along waterways, canal banks, dunes, beaches, salt flats Sand or sandy loam, prairies, stream sides and bottoms, alkaline flats, salt marsh edges, roadsides
Elevation 0–10 m (0–0 ft) 1000–1700 m (3300–5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; FL; LA; TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas)
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from FNA
CO; KS; NE; NM; OK; TX; WY
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 439. FNA vol. 20, p. 438.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Rayjacksonia Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Rayjacksonia
Sibling taxa
R. annua, R. aurea
R. aurea, R. phyllocephala
Synonyms Haplopappus phyllocephalus, Haplopappus phyllocephalus var. megacephalus, Machaeranthera phyllocephala, Machaeranthera phyllocephala var. megacephala, Sideranthus megacephalus Sideranthus annuus, Haplopappus annuus, Machaeranthera annua
Name authority (de Candolle) R. L. Hartman & M. L. Lane: Amer. J. Bot. 83: 369. (1996) (Rydberg) R. L. Hartman & M. A. Lane: Amer. J. Bot. 83: 368. (1996)
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