Plateilema palmeri

(A. Gray) Cockerell

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 462. 1904.

Illustrated
Basionym: Actinella palmeri A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 31. 1883
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 444.

Leaf-blades 3–5 cm × 12–18 mm overall. Phyllaries 8–10 mm. Ray laminae 7–8 mm. Disc corollas: tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats 2.5–3 mm, lobes 0.5–0.8 mm. Cypselae 3–4 mm; pappus-scales 1.5–2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Apr.
Habitat: Limestone soils
Elevation: 1100–1200 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Plateilema palmeri"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(A. Gray) Cockerell +
decurrent +
Actinella palmeri +
compound +  and simple +
obovate;oblanceolate pinnately toothed or lobed +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
yellowish +  and purplish +
4-5-angled +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Nuevo León) +
1100–1200 m +
glabrate +  and hispid +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Limestone soils +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate +, oblong +, oblanceolate +, linear +, lanceolate +  and elliptic +
unequal +  and subequal +
2-carpellate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
persistent +
lacerate +
Flowering Apr. +
8 +  and 12 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
truncate +  and erose +
of 35 +  and 150 bristles +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Plateilema palmeri +
Plateilema +
species +
cylindric +
ampliate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
dilated +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
entire +  and toothed +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +