Tetraneuris linearifolia var. linearifolia

Synonyms: Tetraneuris linearifolia subsp. dodgei Cockerell Tetraneuris linearifolia var. latior Tetraneuris oblongifolia
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 448. Mentioned on page 449.

Plants 16–40+ cm. Stems 1 (–6), erect, branched distally. Leaves ± hairy, sparsely to densely glanddotted; basal blades spatulate to oblanceolate, entire or with 2 (–6) teeth or lobes; proximal cauline blades narrowly spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, entire or with 1–2 teeth or lobes; mid-blades linear-oblanceolate to linear, (0.9–) 1.4–3 (–4.8) mm wide. Peduncles (8–) 9–14 (–19) cm, ± hairy. Involucres (5–) 6–7.8 (–9) × (7–) 8–11 (–12) mm. Outer phyllaries 8–16, margins often scarious, abaxial faces ± hairy. Ray-florets 9–20. Cypselae 1.5–2.1 (–2.5) mm; pappi of 4–7 aristate scales 1.2–1.9 (–2.5) mm. 2n = 28, 30.


Phenology: Flowering (Jan–)Apr–Jul(–Dec).
Habitat: Roadsides, hillsides, pastures, open areas, edges of woods
Elevation: 30–2700 m

Distribution

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Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

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 +
Mark W. Bierner +  and Billie L. Turner +
(Hooker) Greene +
with 2(-6) teeth or lobes +  and entire +
spatulate +  and oblanceolate +
decurrent +
Hymenoxys linearifolia +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;mostly oblanceolate;linear or filiform +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
with 1-2 teeth or lobes +  and entire +
narrowly oblanceolate;linear-oblanceolate +
Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
30–2700 m +
more or less +  and eglandular +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Roadsides, hillsides, pastures, open areas, edges of woods +
discoid +  and radiate +
in corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.78 cm7.8 mm <br />0.0078 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.78 cm7.8 mm <br />0.0078 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
0mm +  and 0.2mm +
with 1-2 teeth or lobes +  and entire +
linear-oblanceolate;linear +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate +, oblong +, oblanceolate +, linear +, lanceolate +  and elliptic +
unequal +  and subequal +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Flowering (Jan–)Apr–Jul(–Dec). +
11 +  and 60 +
with 1-2 teeth or lobes +  and entire +
narrowly spatulate +  and linear-oblanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
hemispheric;conic +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
4 +  and 7 +
aristate +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
1 (?) +  and 6 (?) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Tetraneuris linearifolia subsp. dodgei +, Tetraneuris linearifolia var. latior +  and Tetraneuris oblongifolia +
Tetraneuris linearifolia var. linearifolia +
Tetraneuris linearifolia +
variety +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
dilated +
16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +