Fleischmannia sonorae

(A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson

Phytologia 28: 82. 1974.

Common names: Sonoran slender-thoroughwort
Basionym: Eupatorium sonorae A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 541.

Plants 30–80 cm. Stems erect to ascending-erect (not sprawling-scandent). Leaves: petioles 0.5–3 cm; blades deltate-ovate, 1.5–5 × 0.6–2 cm, bases broadly cuneate to subtruncate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apices acute to acuminate. Involucres (4–) 5–6 mm. Phyllaries: ovate (outer) or elliptic (inner), glabrous, apices usually obtuse to rounded, rarely truncate. Corollas usually pale-purple, rarely white. Cypselae 1–1.2 (–1.5) mm, glabrous or glabrate.


Phenology: Flowering Sep–Dec.
Habitat: Rich soils, along streams, rocky slopes
Elevation: 800–1500 m

Discussion

Fleischmannia sonorae was reported for Arizona by T. H. Kearney and R. H. Peebles (1960) and F. Shreve and I. L. Wiggins (1964) as Eupatorium pycnocephalum Lessing [= Fleischmannia pycnocephala (Lessing) R. M. King & H. Robinson)]; revised concepts of this species group (B. L. Turner 1996+, vol. 2) place F. pycnocephala as a related species in Mexico and Central America, not reaching northwestward to Arizona.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
usually obtuse;rounded +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson +
cuneate to subtruncate +  and cuneate +
not enlarged +
Eupatorium sonorae +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
deltate-ovate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-filiform +
Sonoran slender-thoroughwort +
white +  and pale-purple +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +  and Mexico +
800–1500 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Rich soils, along streams, rocky slopes +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
obconic;hemispheric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
less crenate +  and serrate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering Sep–Dec. +
20 +  and 30 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;flat +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
erect +  and ascending-erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Fleischmannia sonorae +
Fleischmannia +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +