Varilla texana
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 123. 1852.
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 221.
Leaf-blades 10–30 × 1–2 mm. Disc corollas ca. 3 mm. Cypselae ca. 2 mm. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer, fall.
Habitat: Usually on saline, clay or gypseous soils
Elevation: 50–200 m
Distribution
Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo Léon), Mexico (Tamaulipas)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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introrse +
connate +
herbaceous +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
decurrent +
linear;filiform +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
1;15 +
stigmatic +
absent +
zygomorphic +
greenish yellow +
monomorphic +
8-15-ribbed +
dimorphic +
glabrous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
staminate +
straight +
glabrous +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
discoid +
singly +
indeterminate +
Present +
surrounding +
obconic +
1mm;2mm +
sessile +
alternate +
cauline +
deltate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
resinous-veined +
conduplicate +
falling +
scarious +
persistent +
falling +
absent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
resinous-nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
1852 +
absent +
sterile +
paleate +
conic +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
appressed +
4;5 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
erect +
2-branched +
papillate +
Varilla texana +
Varilla +
species +
shorter +
subshrub +