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perky sue, stemless four-nerve daisy, stemless hymenoxys, stemless woollybase

turner's four-nerve daisy

Habit Perennials, 2–30+ cm. Perennials, 22–50+ cm.
Caudices

± branched, branches notably thickened distally.

± branched, branches not notably thickened distally.

Stems

1–35(–60), erect, unbranched.

1–20, erect or ± decumbent, sometimes branched near bases, usually densely woolly or long-hairy among proximal leaves.

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 linear-oblanceolate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, entire or basal and proximal with 2(–4) teeth or lobes, moderately to densely woolly, usually densely gland-dotted.

Peduncles

0.5–30 cm, ± hairy.

20–50 cm, moderately to densely hairy.

Involucres

7–12 × 8–16 mm.

8–15 × 12–20 mm.

Ray florets

8–15(–21);

corollas 9–19 mm.

12–24;

corollas 14–20 mm.

Disc florets

25–200+;

corollas yellow, 2.7–4.3 mm.

100–250+;

corollas yellow proximally, yellow to purplish distally, 3.5–3.8 mm.

Outer phyllaries

6–12, 3.9–9(–11.5) mm, margins 0–0.4 mm wide, sometimes slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy.

12–16, 5.2–7.8(–10) mm, margins 0–0.2 mm wide, sometimes slightly scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy.

Heads

1–35(–60) per plant, borne singly.

1–20 per plant, borne singly.

Cypselae

2–4 mm;

pappi of 5–8 obovate to oblanceolate, aristate scales 2.2–3.7 mm.

2.6–3.4 mm;

pappi of 6–7 lanceolate to obovate or oblanceolate, often aristate scales 3–4 mm.

2n

= 90.

Tetraneuris acaulis

Tetraneuris turneri

Phenology Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Apr(–Jun).
Habitat Roadsides, pastures
Elevation 50–200 m (200–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; SK
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Discussion

Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Leaves sparsely to densely hairy, often lanuginose, sometimes sericeous, not strigoso-canescent; peduncles 0.5–8(–12) cm; outer phyllaries 6.8–9(–11.5) mm; growing at (2100–)3000–3900 m
var. caespitosa
1. Leaves sparsely to densely hairy, often strigoso-canescent; peduncles (1–)5–20(–30) cm; outer phyllaries 4–7.5 mm; growing at 700–2900(–3500) m
→ 2
2. Leaf blades usually densely, sometimes sparsely, strigoso-canescent; e of continental divide (except for 2 reports from nw Idaho)
var. acaulis
2. Leaf blades glabrous or sparsely to moderately to sometimes densely hairy, not strigoso-canescent; w of continental divide
→ 3
3. Leaf blades glabrous or usually sparsely to moderately or sometimes densely hairy, densely gland-dotted; n Arizona, se California, w Colorado, s Idaho, e Nevada, Utah
var. arizonica
3. Leaf blades glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy, at least some (usually most or all) eglandular or sparsely gland-dotted; w Colorado, c, ne Utah, and sw Wyoming
var. epunctata
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 451. FNA vol. 21, p. 450.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris
Sibling taxa
T. argentea, T. herbacea, T. ivesiana, T. linearifolia, T. scaposa, T. torreyana, T. turneri, T. verdiensis
T. acaulis, T. argentea, T. herbacea, T. ivesiana, T. linearifolia, T. scaposa, T. torreyana, T. verdiensis
Subordinate taxa
T. acaulis var. acaulis, T. acaulis var. arizonica, T. acaulis var. caespitosa, T. acaulis var. epunctata
Synonyms Gaillardia acaulis, Hymenoxys acaulis Hymenoxys turneri
Name authority (Pursh) Greene: Pittonia 3: 265. (1898) (K. F. Parker) K. F. Parker: Phytologia 45: 467. (1980)
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