Psilactis heterocarpa (R.L.Hartm. & M.A.Lane) D.R.Morgan

San patricio tansyaster (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Psilactis

Characteristics

Annuals, 25–100 cm. Stems and branches finely appressed-hairy, stipitate-glandular distally. Distal leaf blades sessile, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, smallest 2–15 × 0.3–1.5 mm. Involucres broadly turbinate, 4–6 mm. Phyllaries lanceolate to linear, unequal, 2–4.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm, bases indurate, margins scarious. Receptacles flat to convex, 2–2.5 mm wide. Ray florets 15–25; laminae 4–5 × 0.7–1.3 mm. Disc florets 25–35; corollas 3–4 mm. Ray cypselae 1.3–1.5 mm, sparsely appressed-hairy. Disc cypselae 2–3 mm, glabrate or glabrous; pappi 25–40, 3.2–4 mm. 2n = 6.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Images

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Distribution

Psilactis heterocarpa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:971312-1
WFO ID wfo-0000119537
COL ID 4PGCL
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Synonyms

Psilactis heterocarpa Machaeranthera heterocarpa