Parthenium argentatum

A. Gray in W. H. Emory

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 86. 1859.

Common names: Guayule
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 21. Mentioned on page 20.

Shrubs, 30–100+ cm. Leaf-blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 15–25 (–40+) × 6–15 (–25+) mm, margins mostly entire, some with 1–2 (–5) sharp teeth, faces densely strigillose (gray to white) and obscurely or not at all glanddotted. Heads radiate, in glomerules of 3–5+ at ends of ± ebracteate stalks 8–15 (–20+) cm. Peduncles 1–2 (–6+) mm. Phyllaries: outer 5 oval-elliptic, 2.5–3+ mm, inner 5 ± orbiculate, 3.5–4 mm. Pistillate florets 5; corolla laminae ovate, 1.2–1.5 mm. Disc-florets 20–30+. Cypselae ± obovoid, 2.5–3 mm; pappuslike enations 2 (–4), erect to spreading, ± subulate, 0.3–0.8 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Calcareous soils
Elevation: 1000–1500 m

Discussion

Guayule has sometimes been used for commercial production of natural rubber. Hybrids between Parthenium argentatum and P. incanum have been noted.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Parthenium argentatum"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
A. Gray in W. H. Emory +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;spatulate;rounded-deltate;ovate;obovate;oblanceolate;lyrate;lanceolate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Guayule +
ochroleucous +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
tubular +  and more or less filiform +
villous +, strigillose +, hispidulous +, glabrous +  and warty +
scabrellous +  and tuberculate +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Tex. +  and Mexico +
1000–1500 m +
subulate +  and pappuslike +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
strigillose +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Calcareous soils +
in corymbiform , glomerate , paniculiform , racemiform or spiciform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
less scarious +  and membranous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
conspicuous +
oblong +  and reniform or orbiculate or more or less coroniform +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and scarious +
2-carpellate +
peripheral +
papillate +
fimbrillate;cuneate;flabelliform +
membranous +  and scarious +
persistent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
unequal +  and subequal +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Ambrosieae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Iveae +
Parthenium argentatum +
Parthenium +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +