Tetraneuris acaulis |
Tetraneuris scaposa |
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perky sue, stemless four-nerve daisy, stemless hymenoxys, stemless woollybase |
stemmy four-nerve daisy, stemmy hymenoxys |
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Habit | Perennials, 2–30+ cm. | Perennials, 14–40+ cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Caudices | ± branched, branches notably thickened distally. |
often highly branched, branches not notably thickened distally. |
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Stems | 1–35(–60), erect, unbranched. |
1–50, erect, sometimes branched near bases, sometimes densely woolly among proximal leaves. |
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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-proximal (new leaves not tightly clustered); blades spatulate to oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate or linear, entire or with 2 teeth or lobes, sparsely to densely hairy, ± gland-dotted. |
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Peduncles | 0.5–30 cm, ± hairy. |
12–40 cm, ± hairy. |
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Involucres | 7–12 × 8–16 mm. |
5–10 × 7–12 mm. |
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Ray florets | 8–15(–21); corollas 9–19 mm. |
12–26; corollas 7.4–22 mm. |
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Disc florets | 25–200+; corollas yellow, 2.7–4.3 mm. |
25–180+; corollas yellow, 2.5–3.5 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. |
8–16, 3.8–6.6 mm, margins 0–0.2(–0.4) mm wide, sometimes to often slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy. |
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Heads | 1–35(–60) per plant, borne singly. |
1–50 per plant, borne singly or in fastigiate arrays. |
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Cypselae | 2–4 mm; pappi of 5–8 obovate to oblanceolate, aristate scales 2.2–3.7 mm. |
2–3 mm; pappi of 5–7 obovate to oblanceolate, aristate scales 1.6–2.3 mm. |
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Tetraneuris acaulis |
Tetraneuris scaposa |
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Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; SK
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CO; KS; NE; NM; OK; TX; Mexico
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). The name “Hymenoxys scaposa (de Candolle) K. F. Parker var. glabra (Nuttall) K. F. Parker” appears never to have been published. Parker did make the combination Hymenoxys acaulis (Pursh) K. F. Parker var. glabra (A. Gray) K. F. Parker based on Actinella scaposa (de Candolle) Nuttall var. glabra A. Gray, which she mistakenly called Actinea scaposa Nuttall var. glabra A. Gray. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 451. | FNA vol. 21, p. 449. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Gaillardia acaulis, Hymenoxys acaulis | Cephalophora scaposa, Hymenoxys scaposa | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | (Pursh) Greene: Pittonia 3: 265. (1898) | (de Candolle) Greene: Pittonia 3: 266. (1898) | ||||||||||||||||
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