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fineleaf fournerve daisy, slimleaf actinea

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fineleaf fournerve daisy

Habit Annuals, 16–50+ cm. Plants 16–40+ cm.
Caudices

none.

Stems

1–10, erect or ± decumbent, leafy, unbranched or branched distally.

1(–6), erect, branched distally.

Leaves

basal and cauline, ± hairy, ± gland-dotted;

basal blades spatulate to oblanceolate, entire or with 2–6 teeth or lobes;

proximal cauline blades narrowly spatulate or oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, entire or with 2–6 teeth or lobes;

mid blades oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate to linear, 0.9–9.5(–16) mm wide, entire or with 1–2 teeth or lobes;

distal blades narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate to linear, entire or with 1–2 teeth or lobes.

± hairy, sparsely to densely gland-dotted;

basal blades spatulate to oblanceolate, entire or with 2(–6) teeth or lobes;

proximal cauline blades narrowly spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, entire or with 1–2 teeth or lobes;

mid blades linear-oblanceolate to linear, (0.9–)1.4–3(–4.8) mm wide.

Peduncles

8–29 cm, ± hairy.

(8–)9–14(–19) cm, ± hairy.

Involucres

5–10 × 7–15 mm.

(5–)6–7.8(–9) × (7–)8–11(–12) mm.

Ray florets

9–25;

corollas 8.2–16.8 mm.

9–20.

Disc florets

50–200+;

corollas yellow, 1.6–3 mm.

Outer phyllaries

8–21, 2.4–5.5 mm, margins 0–0.2 mm wide, not scarious or scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy.

8–16, margins often scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy.

Heads

8–50(–80) per plant, borne singly or in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

1.5–2.6 mm;

pappi of 4–8 obovate, often aristate scales 1–2.5 mm.

1.5–2.1(–2.5) mm;

pappi of 4–7 aristate scales 1.2–1.9(–2.5) mm.

2n

= 28, 30.

Tetraneuris linearifolia

Tetraneuris linearifolia var. linearifolia

Phenology Flowering (Jan–)Apr–Jul(–Dec).
Habitat Roadsides, hillsides, pastures, open areas, edges of woods
Elevation 30–2700 m (100–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
KS; NM; OK; TX; n Mexico
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from FNA
KS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Plants of Tetraneuris linearifolia morphologically intermediate between the two varieties are found in Bee, Duval, Live Oak, and McMullen counties, Texas.

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

Key
1. Stems erect, branched distally; leaves ± hairy, basal blades entire or with 2(–6) teeth or lobes, proximal cauline blades entire or with 1–2 teeth or lobes, mid blades (0.9–)1.4–3(–4.8) mm wide; involucres (7–)8–11(–12) mm diam.; pappus scales aristate; Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, on limestone-derived soils
var. linearifolia
1. Stems erect or ± decumbent, ± branched distally; leaves usually densely hairy, basal blades with 2–6 teeth or lobes, proximal cauline blades with 2(–6) teeth or lobes, mid blades (2.5–)3.9–9.5(–16) mm wide; involucres 12–15 mm diam.; pappus scales not aristate; s Texas on sand
var. arenicola
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 448. FNA vol. 21, p. 448.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Tetraneuris > Tetraneuris linearifolia
Sibling taxa
T. acaulis, T. argentea, T. herbacea, T. ivesiana, T. scaposa, T. torreyana, T. turneri, T. verdiensis
T. linearifolia var. arenicola
Subordinate taxa
T. linearifolia var. arenicola, T. linearifolia var. linearifolia
Synonyms Hymenoxys linearifolia T. linearifolia subsp. dodgei, T. linearifolia var. latior, T. oblongifolia
Name authority (Hooker) Greene: Pittonia 3: 269. (1898) unknown
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