Picradeniopsis oppositifolia

(Nuttall) Rydberg in N. L. Britton

in N. L. Britton, Man. Fl. N. States, 1008. 1901.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Trichophyllum oppositifolium Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 167. 1818
Synonyms: Bahia oppositifolia (Nuttall) de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 385.

Plants ± erect or spreading, 3–15 (–20+) cm. Leaf lobes lanceolate to linear, 10–25+ × 1–3 (–8) mm, faces ± canescent-scabrellous and glanddotted. Involucres broadly turbinate to hemispheric, 5–6+ × 6–9+ mm. Ray-florets 3–5 (–6); corollas pale-yellow, laminae 3–5 mm. Disc-florets 30–60+; corollas 3.5–5 mm. Cypselae 3–5 mm, usually glanddotted, seldom hirsutulous; pappus-scales usually ovate or elliptic to obovate, sometimes lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 mm. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Roadsides, saline flats, shale sites
Elevation: 900–2500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., Mont., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(Nuttall) Rydberg in N. L. Britton +
decurrent +
Trichophyllum oppositifolium +
compound +  and simple +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
connate +  and distinct +
stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
4-angled +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +  and Wyo. +
900–2500 m +
hairy +, glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +, glabrescent +, strigose +, less lanate +  and woolly or hispidulous +
canescent-scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
Roadsides, saline flats, shale sites +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
broadly turbinate;hemispheric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
deltate +  and lance-deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +
aristate +
Flowering Jun–Oct. +
6 +  and 10 +
in N. L. Britton, Man. Fl. N. States, +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
distinct +
8 +  and 10 +
elliptic +  and lanceolate or linear-subulate +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
spreading +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Bahia oppositifolia +
Picradeniopsis oppositifolia +
Picradeniopsis +
species +
campanulate +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
toothed +  and entire +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +