Guilleminea densa var. aggregata

Uline & W. L. Bray

Bot. Gaz. 20: 343. 1895.

Common names: Small matweed
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 438.

Plants 1–8 dm diam. Stems procumbent, 0.5–1.5 mm diam., villous to densely woolly-villous. Leaves basal and cauline; basal rosette leaves with winged petiole 8–20 mm, blade oblongelliptic to lanceolate, (8–) 20–40 × (1–) 6–9 (–13) mm, glabrous adaxially, villous abaxially; cauline leaves with petiole 2–4 mm, blade broadly to narrowly ovate, oblong-ovate, oblong, rhombic, or occasionally elliptic to lanceolate, 2–10 (–23) × 2–8 (–14) cm, glabrous adaxially, villous to woolly-villous abaxially. Inflorescences white, 2–3 × 3–5 mm. Flowers sessile; calyx-tubes 0.8–1.2 mm; tepal lobes whitish, ovate to elliptic, 0.8–1.5 mm, membranaceous, apex acute to rounded, abaxially villous (at least near base). Utricles included within tepals, 1.1–1.4 mm. Seeds 0.8–0.9 × 0.6–0.7 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Dry sandy, gravelly, sandstone areas, waste places
Elevation: (0-)1200-2600 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico

Discussion

Guilleminea densa var. aggregata has been reported also from Maryland and South Carolina; I have seen no specimens to support those reports.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

acute;rounded +
Steven E. Clemants +
Uline & W. L. Bray +
Illecebrum densum +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
villous +  and woolly-villous +
occasionally elliptic +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
membranous +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Small matweed +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
(0-)1200-2600 m +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Dry sandy, gravelly, sandstone areas, waste places +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
cauline +  and basal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
lenticular-orbicular +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
much-branched +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
villous +  and densely woolly-villous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Brayulinea densa +
Guilleminea densa var. aggregata +
Guilleminea densa +
variety +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
membranaceous +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
membranous +