Chaetopappa hersheyi
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 59: 47. 1946.
Common names: Guadalupe lazy daisy
Endemic
Perennials, 1–2 (–5) cm, eglandular; taprooted, forming mats from systems of rhizomelike caudex branches. Leaves even-sized, densely overlapping; blades linear to oblanceolate, 3–8 × 0.5–1 mm, coriaceous, bases not clasping (margins ciliate, midnerves strongly raised, longitudinally 2-grooved adaxially), apices spinulose, faces glabrous. Involucres cylindro-turbinate, 4.5–5 × 2.5–4 mm. Ray-florets 6–10; corollas white. Disc-florets 5–6, bisexual. Cypselae ca. 1.5 mm, 2–3- (ray) or 5- (disc) nerved, strigose; pappi in 2 series, outer of minute scales less than 0.1 mm plus inner of (4–) 5 (–6) bristles 2–4.2 mm. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Walls, ledges, and banks, limestone canyons
Elevation: 1500–2400 m
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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introrse +
connate +
spinulose +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
not clasping +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
linear;oblanceolate +
coriaceous +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
alternating +
tawny +
persistent +
absent +
rhizomelike +
Guadalupe lazy daisy +
white +
absent +
hyaline +
cuplike +
minute +
5-nerved +
dimorphic +
strigose +
staminate +
bisexual +
staminate +
straight +
gland-dotted +
glabrous +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
surrounding +
cylindro-turbinate +
overlapping +
erect +
deltate +
whitish-scarious +
not evident +
unequal +
indurate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. +
1946 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
convex;flat +
thickened +
fibrous +
irregular +
white-hyaline +
fused +
minute +
scarious +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
Endemic +
alternate +
branched +
triangular +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Chaetopappa hersheyi +
Chaetopappa +
species +
tubular-funnelform +
much shorter +
perennial +