Schkuhria multiflora

Hooker & Arnott

J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 322. 1841.

Synonyms: Bahia neomexicana (A. Gray) A. Gray Schkuhria neomexicana A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 382.

Plants mostly 3–12 (–25+) cm. Stems ± decumbent-ascending to erect. Leaves mostly 1–3 cm; blades linear or lobed (lobes 3–7+, linear to filiform), faces puberulent and glanddotted. Peduncles mostly 5–25 mm. Involucres ± obconic, 5–6 mm. Phyllaries 7–10+, green to purple, weakly carinate, oblanceolate to obovate, ± hirsutulous and glanddotted. Ray-florets 0. Disc-florets 15–30+; corollas yellowish, 1–2 mm. Cypselae blackish to buff, 3 mm, hispidulous to villous, especially on angles and/or at bases; pappi of 8 white to tawny or purplish, obovate-rounded or oblanceolate to ± quadrate, apically truncate or acute scales 1–2 mm. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Roadsides, sandy slopes, and washes
Elevation: 1600–2500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), South America

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Schkuhria multiflora"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Hooker & Arnott +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;linear +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
connate +  and distinct +
stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
blackish +  and buff +
hispidulous +  and villous +
4-angled +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +  and South America +
1600–2500 m +
puberulent +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
Roadsides, sandy slopes, and washes +
discoid +  and radiate +
singly +  and radiant +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 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 />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
white +  and tawny or purplish +
persistent +
oblanceolate +  and more or less quadrate apically truncate or acute +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
7 +  and 10 +
J. Bot. (Hooker) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
distinct +
4 +  and 20 +
spatulate +  and lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
less decumbent-ascending +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Bahia neomexicana +  and Schkuhria neomexicana +
Schkuhria multiflora +
Schkuhria +
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 />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +