Grindelia arizonica

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 208. 1882.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Grindelia arizonica var. dentata Steyermark Grindelia arizonica var. microphylla Steyermark Grindelia arizonica var. neomexicana (Wooton & Standley) G. L. Nesom Grindelia arizonica var. stenophylla Steyermark Grindelia laciniata Grindelia neomexicana Grindelia scabra var. neomexicana (Wooton & Standley) Steyermark
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 435. Mentioned on page 428, 429.

Perennials, (10–) 25–70 cm. Stems erect, stramineous to reddish, glabrous. Cauline leaf-blades oblong, spatulate, or oblanceolate to linear, 15–45 (–85) mm, lengths mostly 3–8 times widths, bases ± cuneate, margins serrate (teeth from bases to apices or mostly toward apices, apiculate to setose), entire, or (proximal leaves) pinnately lobed to coarsely toothed, apices acute, faces glabrous (or scabridulous near margins), sparsely, or not at all, gland-dotted. Heads usually in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays, rarely borne singly. Involucres usually campanulate to obconic, sometimes hemispheric, 4–11 × 8–17 mm. Phyllaries in 4–6 series, linear to ± lanceolate, usually appressed, sometimes weakly reflexed or spreading, apices slightly recurved to straight, subulate or acuminate to deltate, slightly to strongly resinous. Ray-florets 0 or 8–26; laminae (5–) 7–10 mm. Cypselae stramineous to brown, 2.5–4 mm, apices coronate or knobby, faces striate to furrowed; pappi of 2–4 straight or weakly contorted, smooth setiform awns or subulate scales 2–5 mm, shorter than disc corollas. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep(–Oct).
Habitat: Open, rocky slopes, mesas, ridges, canyons, fields, stream banks
Elevation: (300–)1500–2500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila)

Discussion

Plants of Grindelia arizonica with ± hemispheric involucres and apices of phyllaries ± subulate (versus lance-acuminate to deltate) have been called var. neomexicana (or G. neomexicana). Plants known as var. stenophylla differ from typical G. arizonica in having leaf margins toothed mostly toward apices (versus toothed from bases to apices). Plants of G. arizonica (from northern Arizona, southwestern Colorado, and southeastern Utah) with leaf margins pinnately lobed to ± laciniate or coarsely dentate have been called G. laciniata. Some herbarium specimens that have been identified as G. aphanactis (see 4. G. squarrosa) appear to be discoid plants of G. arizonica. Hybrids between G. arizonica and G. squarrosa have been recorded from Colorado and Utah.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Grindelia arizonica"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
resinous +
straight +
distinct +
knobby;coronate;acuminate;deltate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +  and Mark A. Wetter +
A. Gray +
straight +
2 +  and 4 +
setiform +
cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;linear +
spatulate +  and triangular lanceolate or linear +
yellow +  and orange +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
stramineous +  and brown +
3-4-angled +, compressed +, ellipsoid +  and obovoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +  and Mexico (Coahuila) +
(300–)1500–2500 m +
gland-dotted +
rugose +  and scabridulous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open, rocky slopes, mesas, ridges, canyons, fields, stream banks +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
hemispheric;usually campanulate;obconic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
spreading;erect +
deltate +
pinnately lobed +  and coarsely toothed +
2-carpellate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
contorted to curled +  and straight +
Flowering Jun–Sep(–Oct). +
obscurely +  and 1-nerved +
spreading +  and reflexed +
linear +  and more or less lanceolate +
subequal +  and unequal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;flat +
subulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
branched +  and simple +
1 (?) +  and 6 (?) +
resinous +
stramineous +  and reddish +
lanceolate +  and more or less deltate +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Grindelia arizonica var. dentata +, Grindelia arizonica var. microphylla +, Grindelia arizonica var. neomexicana +, Grindelia arizonica var. stenophylla +, Grindelia laciniata +, Grindelia neomexicana +  and Grindelia scabra var. neomexicana +
Grindelia arizonica +
Grindelia +
species +
ampliate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +