Verbesina rothrockii |
Verbesina nana |
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Rothrock's crownbeard |
dwarf crownbeard |
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Habit | Plants 30–60+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). | Plants mostly 7–15+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). |
Leaves | all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ovate-deltate or rhombic to lance-elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 cm, bases subtruncate to cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices obtuse to acute, faces ± hirtellous to scabrellous. |
all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± deltate to rhombic, 3–8+ × 2–5+ cm, bases ± cuneate, margins raggedly toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces strigoso-sericeous. |
Involucres | ± hemispheric, 10–15+ mm diam. |
shallowly bowl-shaped, 15–25+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | 8–13; laminae 15–25+ mm. |
12–16+; laminae 10–12+ mm. |
Disc florets | 60–100+; corollas yellow. |
80–150+; corollas yellow to orange. |
Phyllaries | 18–30+ in 3–4 series, ± erect, oblong to elliptic, 6–10+ mm. |
28–35+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, linear to lanceolate, 8–12+ mm. |
Heads | borne singly. |
borne singly or 2–3 together. |
Cypselae | dark brown, ± elliptic, 10 mm, faces glabrous; pappi 0–0.5 mm. |
blackish, ± elliptic, 6.5–8 mm, faces ± strigillose; pappi 0.5–1+ mm. |
2n | = 34. |
= 68. |
Verbesina rothrockii |
Verbesina nana |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Aug–Sep. | Flowering May(–Oct). |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, igneous or limestone substrates | Silty flats, roadsides, desert scrub |
Elevation | 1200–1800 m (3900–5900 ft) | 1000–2000 m (3300–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
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NM; TX; Mexico (Coahuila) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 111. | FNA vol. 21, p. 110. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Ximenesia encelioides var. nana | |
Name authority | B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 541. (1899) | (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 543. (1899) |
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