Flora of North America species comparison

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Sanvitalia abertii

Abert's creeping zinnia, Abert's sanvitalia
Stems

erect, 5–29 cm.
Leaf

blades lance-linear, 20–60 × 2–12 mm.
Ray corollas

1.5–2.5+ mm.
Phyllaries

8–11, subequal.
Cypselae

rays 4 mm (with awns 2–3 mm), subterete, obscurely 3-angled, each sulcate on angles and on abaxial face;

discs 4-angled, innermost ± compressed, not winged.
2n

= 22.

Sanvitalia abertii
Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat Open places, scrub-lands, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation 1400–2400 m (4600–7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 71.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Sanvitalia
Sibling taxa
S. ocymoides, S. procumbens
Name authority A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 87. (1849)
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