familyAsteraceae
tribeAsteraceae tribe Heliantheae
subtribeAsteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
genusJefea
speciesJefea brevifolia

Jefea brevifolia

(A. Gray) Strother

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 26. 1991.

John L. Strother
Illustrated
Basionym: Zexmenia brevifolia A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 112. 1852
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 128.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Leaf-blades 8–25+ × 4–20 mm, sometimes obscurely 3 (–5) -lobed. Cypselae 4–5 × 1.6–2.8 mm, including wings. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Limestone, desert scrub
Elevation: 600–1200[–2400] m

Distribution

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N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Tamaulipas), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
28 +
Anther base shape
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fusion
connate +
Anther theca coloration
dark +
Apex fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Apex growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Apex size
subequal +
Apex texture
scarious +
Apical appendage presence
absent +
Apical appendage shape
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
Appendage pubescence
hirsute +
Appendage relief
papillate +
Appendage shape
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
Array architecture
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
Array development
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Author
John L. Strother +
Authority
(A. Gray) Strother +
Awn architecture
bristlelike +
Awn quantity
2 +  and 8 +
Awn shape
coroniform +
Band architecture
continuous +
Band quantity
1 +
Base shape
cuneate to truncate +
Basionyms
Zexmenia brevifolia +
Blade architecture
compound +  and simple +
Blade shape
suborbiculate;oblanceolate;suborbiculate;oblanceolate;lanceolate;deltate +
Body architecture
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
Body architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Body relief
tuberculate +  and rugose +
Bractlet quantity
1;15 +
Branch arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Branch structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Bristle architecture
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Bristle shape
Plumose (?) +
Calyculus presence
absent +
Calyculus quantity
Of 1 (15+ bractlets) +
Corolla architecture
zygomorphic +
Corolla coloration
yellow +  and orange +
Cypsela architecture
winged +
Cypsela architecture or shape
ribbed +
Cypsela growth form
dimorphic +
Cypsela length
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Cypsela pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
Cypsela shape
oblanceolate +  and rounded-cuneate +
Cypsela width
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
Disc-floret architecture
staminate +
Disc-floret atypical quantity
60 (100) +
Disc-floret quantity
30 (60) +
Disc-floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Disc floret architecture
staminate +
Disc floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Distribution
N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Tamaulipas) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
Elevation
600–1200[–2400] m +
Embryo course
straight +
Face pubescence
hispid +
Face relief
scabrellous +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Floret architecture
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
Floret atypical quantity
5;15 +
Floret position
proximal +
Floret quantity
1;5 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit architecture
winged +  and beaked +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit density
dispersed +
Glomerule arrangement
singly +
Habitat
Limestone, desert scrub +
Head architecture or arrangement
radiate +
Head architecture or shape
discoid +
Head arrangement
singly +
Head development
indeterminate +
Head reproduction
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Individual head architecture
each +  and sessile +
Involucre diameter
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Involucre position relational
surrounding +
Involucre shape
campanulate;hemispheric +
Leaf-blade length
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade shape
3(-5)-lobed +
Leaf-blade width
4mm;20mm +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +  and opposite +
Leaf position
cauline +
Line quantity
2 +
Lobe atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
deltate +
Margin architecture or shape
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
Margin shape
lobed +  and entire +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
2-carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule fixation
attached +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pappus architecture or relief
erose +
Pappus duration
persistent +
Pappus fragility
fragile +
Pappus fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Pappus height or length or size
shorter +
Pappus life cycle
falling +
Pappus presence
absent +
Pericarp fragility
tough +
Pericarp width
thick +
Peripheral floret presence
absent +
Peripheral floret quantity
In 1 (3+ series) +
Petal fusion
connate +
Phenology
Flowering summer–fall. +
Phyllary atypical quantity
22 (26) +
Phyllary duration
persistent +
Phyllary fusion
distinct +
Phyllary life cycle
falling +
Phyllary quantity
26 +  and 38 +
Phyllary shape
Ovate (Orbiculate) +
Phyllary size
unequal +  and subequal +
Phyllary texture
Herbaceous (Chartaceous) +
Publication title
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
Publication year
1991 +
Ray-floret architecture
pistillate +
Ray-floret atypical quantity
13 (20) +
Ray-floret presence
absent +
Ray-floret quantity
5 (13) +
Ray-floret reproduction
fertile +
Receptacle architecture
paleate +
Receptacle pubescence
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
Receptacle shape
convex;conic +
Reference
None +
Root texture
fibrous +
Scale quantity
2 +  and 3 +
Scale shape
lacerate +  and subulate +
Seed architecture
exalbuminous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sepal variability
modifed +
Series atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Series quantity
3;4 +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21 313.xml +
Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen arrangement
alternate +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
branched +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stigmatic papilla architecture
continuous +
Stigmatic papilla quantity
0 +
Style-branch architecture
appendaged +  and truncate +
Style architecture
2-branched +
Style pubescence
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style relief
papillate +
Synonyms
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Taxon family
Asteraceae +
Taxon name
Jefea brevifolia +
Taxon parent
Jefea +
Taxon rank
species +
Throat variability
equaling +
Tube height or length or size
shorter +
Tube shape
cylindric +
Tube size or length
shorter to longer than campanulate +
Ultimate margin shape
toothed +  and entire +
Volume
Volume 21 +
Whole-organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism atypical some measurement
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
Whole organism average some measurement
2500cm (10cm) +
Whole organism growth form
shrub +  and subshrub +
Whole organism some measurement
10cm (100cm) +
X chromosome quantity
14 +