Munzothamnus

P. H. Raven

Aliso 5: 345, fig. 6. 1963.

Common names: Munz’s shrub
Etymology: For P. A. Munz, 1892–1974, American botanist, and Greek thamnos, shrub
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 349. Mentioned on page 218, 360.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA19 P35 Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa.jpegStebbinsoseris heterocarpa
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Munzothamnus blairii
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Bee F. Gunn
Bee F. Gunn

Shrubs, 100–200 cm; probably taprooted. Stems straggly (± fleshy), branched, tomentose to glabrate. Leaves cauline (tufted at ends of branches); petiolate; blades obovate to oblong-obovate, margins irregularly sinuate or lobulate. Heads in paniculiform arrays (at ends of branches). Peduncles not inflated, bracteolate (usually stipitate-glandular). Calyculi of 7–10, unequal, triangular to ovate bractlets (lengths to 1/2 phyllaries). Involucres cylindric, 3–5+ mm diam. Phyllaries 8–9 in ± 2 series, lanceolate to linear, margins narrowly scarious, apices obtuse to acute (often sparsely arachnose), faces glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent. Receptacles ± flat, pitted, glabrous, epaleate. Florets 9–12; corollas rosy to purplish. Cypselae gray-brown, cylindric, apices truncate (not beaked), faces 5, equal, each with 1–2, narrow, longitudinal lines or shallow grooves, otherwise smooth, glabrous; pappi falling, of 25–35 distinct, white, antrorsely barbellate bristles in 1 series. x = 8?

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

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... more about "Munzothamnus"
obtuse;acute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
L. D. Gottlieb +
P. H. Raven +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
obovate;oblong-obovate +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
triangular;ovate +
filiform +
Munz’s shrub +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
rosy +  and purplish +
cylindric +
For P. A. Munz, 1892–1974, American botanist, and Greek thamnos, shrub +
glabrous +  and glandular-puberulent +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 +  and 2 +
lobulate +  and sinuate +
2-carpellate +
not inflated +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +  and unequal +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and ascending +
tomentose +  and glabrate +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Munzothamnus +
Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +