Sanvitalia abertii

A. Gray

Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 87. 1849.

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 71. Mentioned on page 70.

Stems erect, 5–29 cm. Leaf-blades lance-linear, 20–60 × 2–12 mm. Phyllaries 8–11, subequal. Ray corollas 1.5–2.5+ mm. Cypselae: rays 4 mm (with awns 2–3 mm), subterete, obscurely 3-angled, each sulcate on angles and on abaxial face; discs 4-angled, innermost ± compressed, not winged. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Open places, scrub-lands, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1400–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Sanvitalia abertii"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
A. Gray +
bristlelike +
3 +  and 4 +
coroniform +
rounded +  and more or less cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;linear +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
distally yellow +  and orange +
hairy +  and glabrous +
less terete or obscurely 3-4-angled +  and compressed or flattened +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
4-angled +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
1400–2400 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open places, scrub-lands, pinyon-juniper woodlands +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
hemispheric;more or less rotate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering late summer–early fall. +
8 +  and 11 +
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
3-angled;subterete +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;conic +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (29 cm290 mm <br />0.29 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
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 +
Sanvitalia abertii +
Sanvitalia +
species +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +