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long-leaf crownbeard

Lindheimer's crownbeard

Habit Plants 60–150+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). Plants 30–70+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged).
Leaves

all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate);

blades ± lance-linear (lengths 10–15 times widths), 9–12(–20+) × 0.6–1.2(–1.5+) cm, bases rounded, margins obscurely toothed to subentire, apices ± attenuate, faces ± scabrellous.

all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate);

blades ovate-deltate or ovate to lance-ovate, 2–6 × 1–5 cm, bases rounded to cuneate, margins toothed to entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces ± scabrellous.

Involucres

± hemispheric to saucerlike, 11–15+ mm diam.

± hemispheric, 15–22+ mm diam.

Ray florets

12–13;

laminae 15–25+ mm.

± 13;

laminae 25 mm.

Disc florets

60–100+;

corollas yellow.

80–120+;

corollas yellow.

Phyllaries

18–24+ in 2–3 series, ± erect to spreading, linear to lance-linear, 5–15+ mm.

24–30+ in 3–4 series, ± erect, oblong, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–12+ mm.

Heads

borne singly or 3–5+ in loose, corymbiform arrays.

borne singly.

Cypselae

dark brown, oblanceolate to elliptic, 7 mm, faces glabrous;

pappi 0–0.5 mm.

dark brown, narrowly elliptic, 7 mm, faces glabrous;

pappi 0–0.5 mm.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Verbesina longifolia

Verbesina lindheimeri

Phenology Flowering (Jul–)Sep–Oct. Flowering (May–)Sep–Nov.
Habitat Rocky slopes Shaded slopes, limestone, juniper scrublands
Elevation 1500–2400 m (4900–7900 ft) 100–500 m (300–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango)
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from FNA
TX
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 110. FNA vol. 21, p. 111.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina
Sibling taxa
V. alternifolia, V. aristata, V. chapmanii, V. dissita, V. encelioides, V. helianthoides, V. heterophylla, V. lindheimeri, V. microptera, V. nana, V. occidentalis, V. oreophila, V. rothrockii, V. virginica, V. walteri
V. alternifolia, V. aristata, V. chapmanii, V. dissita, V. encelioides, V. helianthoides, V. heterophylla, V. longifolia, V. microptera, V. nana, V. occidentalis, V. oreophila, V. rothrockii, V. virginica, V. walteri
Synonyms Actinomeris longifolia
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 12. (1883) B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 541. (1899)
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