Ambrosia monogyra

(Torrey & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin

Madroño 49: 143. 2002.

Basionym: Hymenoclea monogyra Torrey & A. Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 79. 1849
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 12. Mentioned on page 10.

Shrubs, 30–150 (–400) cm. Stems erect. Leaves mostly alternate; petioles 0; blades mostly filiform, 5–30 (–65+) × 0.5–1.5 mm, sometimes with 3 (–5+) filiform lobes, abaxial faces glabrous or glabrate, often vernicose, adaxial faces densely scabrellous (white). Pistillate heads ± intermixed with staminates; florets 1. Staminate heads: peduncles 0–0.5 mm; involucres ± cupshaped, 2–4 mm diam., ± glabrate, ± vernicose; florets 5–12+. Burs: bodies fusiform to pyriform, 4–5 mm, stipitate-glandular, wings 7–12+, mostly around middles, oblanceolate to cuneiform, 2–3 × 1–2 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Desert washes, ravines
Elevation: 10–500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Baja California Sur), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Sinaloa), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Ambrosia monogyra may occur in western Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"stipitate-glandular" is not a number.

... more about "Ambrosia monogyra"
glabrate +  and glabrous +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
coherent +  and distinct +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, glomerate +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(Torrey & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin +
decurrent +
Hymenoclea monogyra +
compound +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
filiform +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
fusiform;pyriform +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
purplish +  and whitish +
tubular +  and more or less filiform +
villous +, strigillose +, hispidulous +, glabrous +  and warty +
tuberculate +
globose +  and obovoid pyramidal pyriform obconic or fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Mexico (Baja California Sur) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Sinaloa) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
10–500 m +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrate +  and hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Desert washes, ravines +
staminate +  and pistillate +
in corymbiform , glomerate , paniculiform , racemiform or spiciform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
membranous +  and scarious +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
cup-shaped +
conspicuous +
petiolate +  and sessile +
incurved;erect +
filiform +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
connate +  and distinct +
2-carpellate +
stipitate-glandular +, hirtellous +  and villous +
spatulate;linear +
membranous +
persistent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Flowering (May–)Aug–Nov. +
5 +  and 16 +
unequal +  and subequal +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;flat +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Franseria +  and Hymenoclea +
Ambrosia monogyra +
Ambrosia +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
7 +  and 12 +
oblanceolate +  and cuneiform +
1mm +  and 2mm +