Fleischmannia sonorae
Phytologia 28: 82. 1974.
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
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico
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
None.
Lower Taxa
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