Tetraneuris acaulis |
Tetraneuris herbacea |
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perky sue, stemless four-nerve daisy, stemless hymenoxys, stemless woollybase |
eastern fournerve daisy |
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Habit | Perennials, 2–30+ cm. | Perennials, 6–35+ cm. | ||||||||||||
Caudices | ± branched, branches notably thickened distally. |
± branched, branches notably thickened distally. |
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Stems | 1–35(–60), erect, unbranched. |
1–10, erect, unbranched. |
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Leaves | all basal, new leaves tightly clustered; blades spatulate or oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, entire, glabrous or ± hairy, often lanuginose, sericeous, or strigoso-canescent, eglandular or ± gland-dotted. |
all basal, new leaves tightly clustered; blades spatulate or oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, entire, glabrous or sparsely to rarely moderately hairy, moderately to densely gland-dotted. |
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Peduncles | 0.5–30 cm, ± hairy. |
5–35 cm, ± hairy proximally, densely hairy distally. |
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Involucres | 7–12 × 8–16 mm. |
10–15 × 12–20 mm. |
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Ray florets | 8–15(–21); corollas 9–19 mm. |
14–27; corollas 11.8–20 mm. |
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Disc florets | 25–200+; corollas yellow, 2.7–4.3 mm. |
50–100+; corollas yellow, 3.4–4 mm. |
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Outer phyllaries | 6–12, 3.9–9(–11.5) mm, margins 0–0.4 mm wide, sometimes slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy. |
8–12, 5–7.5 mm, margins 0–0.2 mm wide, sometimes slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy. |
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Heads | 1–35(–60) per plant, borne singly. |
1–10 per plant, borne singly. |
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Cypselae | 2–4 mm; pappi of 5–8 obovate to oblanceolate, aristate scales 2.2–3.7 mm. |
2.4–3.4 mm; pappi of 4–7 obovate, usually non-aristate scales 1.9–2.2 mm. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Tetraneuris acaulis |
Tetraneuris herbacea |
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Phenology | Flowering (Apr–)May–Jun(–Oct). | |||||||||||||
Habitat | Alvars (limestone flats), openings in woods | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) | |||||||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; SK
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IL; OH; ON |
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Tetraneuris herbacea is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 451. | FNA vol. 21, p. 451. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Gaillardia acaulis, Hymenoxys acaulis | Actinea herbacea, Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra, Hymenoxys herbacea | ||||||||||||
Name authority | (Pursh) Greene: Pittonia 3: 265. (1898) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 268. (1898) | ||||||||||||
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