Schkuhria pinnata |
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canchalagua, dwarf Mexican marigold, feathery false threadleaf, pinnate false threadleaf, Wislizenus' false threadleaf, Wright's false threadleaf |
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Habit | Plants (10–)25–40(–70+) cm. |
Stems | usually strictly erect. |
Leaves | mostly 10–25(–40) mm; blades linear or lobed (lobes 3–7+, linear to filiform), faces scaberulous (hairs ± conic, 0.1 mm) and gland-dotted. |
Peduncles | mostly (3–)8–25(–30+) mm. |
Involucres | obconic or obpyramidal, 4–6+ mm (each often subtended by 1–3, lanceolate bractlets). |
Ray florets | usually 1(–2), sometimes 0; corollas yellow to white, laminae 0.8–1.2+ mm. |
Disc florets | 2–6(–8+); corollas yellow (sometimes with purple), 1.5–2 mm. |
Phyllaries | 4–6, green to purple, weakly carinate, oblanceolate to obovate, gland-dotted, otherwise usually glabrous. |
Cypselae | blackish to buff, 3–4 mm, hirsutulous to villous, especially on angles; pappi of 8 white to tawny or purplish, obovate-rounded or elliptic to lanceolate scales 1–2.5 mm (sometimes some or all ± aristate). |
2n | = 20, 22, 40. |
Schkuhria pinnata |
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Phenology | Flowering Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Roadsides, pastures, wooded slopes |
Elevation | 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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Discussion | Schkuhria pinnata has been noted as persisting after plantings in Maine. Schkuhria pinnata (Lamarck) Kuntze var. wislizeni (A. Gray) B. L. Turner is a superfluous, illegitimate, name intended to refer to North American plants of S. pinnata. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 382. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Schkuhria |
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Synonyms | Pectis pinnata, S. anthemoidea, S. anthemoidea var. wislizeni, S. anthemoidea var. wrightii, S. virgata, S. wislizeni, S. wislizeni var. frustrata, S. wislizeni var. wrightii |
Name authority | (Lamarck) Kuntze ex Thellung: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 308. (1912) |
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