Tetradymia argyraea |
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striped cottonthorn, striped horsebrush |
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Habit | Shrubs, 50–200 cm. |
Stems | 1–5+, erect, spiny, unevenly pannose with glabrescent streaks. |
Leaves | primaries forming ascending spines, 10–30 mm; secondaries filiform to clavate, 3–20 (× 1+) mm, glabrous or nearly so. |
Peduncles | 1–4 mm. |
Involucres | turbinate, ca. 7 mm. |
Florets | 5; corollas pale yellow, ca. 9 mm. |
Phyllaries | 5, oval-elliptic. |
Heads | 2–5. |
Cypselae | 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous; pappi of 75–100 bristles ca. 8 mm. |
2n | = 60. |
Tetradymia argyraea |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Rocky sites, pinyon-juniper woodlands |
Elevation | 1400–2100 m (4600–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 631. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Tetradymia |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Munz & J. C. Roos: Aliso 2: 237. (1950) |
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