Xanthisma junceum |
Xanthisma viscidum |
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rush bristleweed, rush-like bristleweed |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 25–100 cm; caudices branched, taproots 2–10+ cm. | Annuals, 25–60 cm; taproots 2–8+ cm. |
Stems | 3–15+, branched in distal 1/2, slender and wiry, glabrous. |
1, branched, moderately stout to stout, not wiry, stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | basal often withering by flowering, 20–35 × 6–12 mm, pinnatifid; cauline evenly spaced, blades oblong to linear, scalelike, 4–6 × 1–2 mm (except proximalmost), markedly reduced distally, margins usually entire, faces glabrous. |
basal usually withering by flowering; cauline evenly spaced, obovate to oblanceolate or oblong, 5–30 × 2–15 mm, markedly reduced distally, margins coarsely serrate to dentate, teeth 4–7 per side, entire, faces densely stipitate-glandular. |
Peduncles | minutely glandular, if stipitate, then minutely so; bracts 5–25, imbricate, grading into phyllaries. |
densely stipitate-glandular, usually ebracteate. |
Involucres | hemispheric (narrowed at bases), 0.5–0.8 × 1–1.2 cm. |
hemispheric, 8–10 × 13–18 mm. |
Ray florets | 15–25; corollas yellow, tubes 3.5–4 mm, laminae 5–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm. |
14–18; corollas yellow, tubes 3–3.5 mm, laminae 2.8–3.5 × 1.5–2 mm. |
Disc florets | 25–40+; corollas 4.8–6.3 mm. |
20–30+; corollas 5.5–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 5–6 series, oblong to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5–6.5 mm, apices acute, tipped by white bristle, faces minutely stipitate-glandular. |
in 5–7 series, linear, 2–7 mm, apices narrowly obtuse to acuminate, faces stipitate-glandular. |
Cypselae | narrowly obovoid to oblanceoloid, 1.5–2.5 mm, nerves 12–18, moderately tawny hairy; pappi tawny, 3.5–6 mm, a few abaxial bristles to 1/3 of longest. |
oblong to narrowly ellipsoid, 2.3–2.7 mm, 18–22-nerved, sparsely whitish-silky; pappi tawny, 5–6 mm, mostly equal. |
2n | = 8, 16. |
= 8. |
Xanthisma junceum |
Xanthisma viscidum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Rocky, dry slopes | Sandy soils on flats, roadsides |
Elevation | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) | 1000–1700 m (3300–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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NM; TX |
Discussion | Xanthisma junceum is reported from Arizona, but no specimen has been seen; as it is coastal in distribution, the report is likely based on a misidentified specimen. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 390. | FNA vol. 20, p. 393. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Xanthisma > sect. Sideranthus | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Xanthisma > sect. Havardii |
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Synonyms | Haplopappus junceus, Machaeranthera juncea | Sideranthus viscidus, Haplopappus havardii, Haplopappus viscidus, Machaeranthera havardii, Machaeranthera viscida |
Name authority | (Greene) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman: Sida 20: 1406. (2003) | (Wooton & Standley) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman: Sida 20: 1410. (2003) |
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