Gochnatia hypoleuca

(de Candolle) A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 57. 1883.

Common names: Shrubby bullseye chomonque
Illustrated
Basionym: Moquinia hypoleuca de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 23. 1838
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 77.

Stems densely leafy, rigid, young branches densely lanose. Leaves: blades 2–5 cm. Corollas 6–8 mm. Cypselae 2.5–4 mm; pappi: bristles unequal, longest 5–6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Dec–Mar.
Habitat: Gravel and caliche soils in dry scrub vegetation
Elevation: 30–70 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Hidalgo), Mexico (Michoacán), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Tamaulipas), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

Gochnatia hypoleuca occurs in southern Texas and in Mexico (to 4000 m). It is closely related to Gochnatia obtusata [treated by Cabrera as Gochnatia hypoleuca subsp. obtusata (S. F. Blake) Cabrera], a species of southern Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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glabrescent +  and glabrous +
rounded;obtuse;acute +
scarious +
rounded +  and apiculate +
glomerulate +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Beryl B. Simpson +
(de Candolle) A. Gray +
cuneate +
Moquinia hypoleuca +
compound +  and simple +
lance-elliptic;lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
ribbed;smooth +
barbellate +  and smooth +
whitish +  and stramineous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Shrubby bullseye +  and chomonque +
actinomorphic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ribbed +  and not beaked +
obpyramidal +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Hidalgo) +, Mexico (Michoacán) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Tamaulipas) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
30–70 m +
less sericeous +  and velutinous and/or glandular-hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
fertile +, unisexual +  and bisexual +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Gravel and caliche soils in dry scrub vegetation +
in corymbiform , paniculiform or racemiform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
pinnatifid +, lobed +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Dec–Mar. +
connate +  and distinct +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
glandular-hairy +  and glabrous +
alveolate +  and smooth +
flat;convex +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
setiform-subulate +
exalbuminous +
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prostrate +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Gochnatia hypoleuca +
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species +
perennial +  and annual +
400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br /> (1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +