Dieteria bigelovii var. commixta

(Greene) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman

Sida 20: 1394. 2003.

Endemic
Basionym: Machaeranthera commixta Greene Pittonia 4: 71. 1899
Synonyms: Machaeranthera bigelovii var. commixta (Greene) B. L. Turner Machaeranthera canescens var. commixta (Greene) S. L. Welsh
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 398. Mentioned on page 396, 397.

Leaf-blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, mid 20–60 × 5–12 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes dentate or serrate, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent, often sparsely stipitate-glandular. Involucres broadly turbinate, 7–13 mm, widths 1–1.5 times heights. Phyllaries 25–50, 1–2 mm wide (at midpoint), apices acute to acuminate, 2–4 mm. Ray-florets 12–30.2n = 8.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Grasslands, meadows, in subalpine coniferous forests
Elevation: 2400–3400 m

Discussion

Variety commixta is found in and near the southern Wasatch Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-1.5timesheights" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
acute;acuminate +
subequal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David R. Morgan +
(Greene) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman +
decurrent +
indurate +
Machaeranthera commixta +
linear;oblanceolate;linear;oblanceolate;lanceolate;oblong;obovate;ovate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
white +  and tawny +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +, purple +, violet +, blue +  and white +
8-12-ribbed +  and smooth +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
appressed-hairy +
flattened +, linear +  and obovoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
2400–3400 m +
stipitate-glandular +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Grasslands, meadows, in subalpine coniferous forests +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
blue +  and purple +
10mm;25mm +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
deltate +  and lanceolate +
serrate +, dentate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
stipitate-glandular +, canescent +  and puberulent +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
spreading +  and reflexed +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
erect +  and ascending +
stipitate-glandular +, hairy +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Machaeranthera bigelovii var. commixta +  and Machaeranthera canescens var. commixta +
Dieteria bigelovii var. commixta +
Dieteria bigelovii +
variety +
perennial +, short-lived +  and biennial +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +