Thymophylla tephroleuca (S.F.Blake) Strother

Ashy pricklyleaf (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Thymophylla

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubs, ashy white, 10–30 cm, lanate to tomentose. Stems erect. Leaves all or mostly alternate; blades not lobed, linear to filiform, 10–15 × 0.3–1 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes 3-fid distally. Peduncles 10–30 mm, tomentose. Calyculi of 3–4 linear bractlets, lengths 1/2+ phyllaries. Involucres campanulate, 5–7 mm. Phyllaries 12–13, margins of outer distinct less than 1/4 their lengths, abaxial faces tomentose. Ray florets 12–13; corollas golden yellow, laminae 6–8 × 3–4 mm. Disc florets ca. 30; corollas yellow, 4.5–5 mm. Cypselae 3–4 mm; pappi of 10–11 subequal scales 4–5 mm (each 3–5-aristate). 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Thymophylla tephroleuca world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943443-1
WFO ID wfo-0000070508
COL ID 56QM5
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Synonyms

Thymophylla tephroleuca Dyssodia tephroleuca