Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida

(Kunth) Strother

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 62. 1991.

Illustrated
Basionym: Wedelia hispida Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 4(fol.): 169. 1818; 4(qto.): 215, plate 371. 1820
Synonyms: Zexmenia hispida (Kunth) A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 126.

Leaves ± sessile; blades 20–50 (–80+) × 4–12 (–35) mm, sometimes obscurely to clearly 3-lobed. Peduncles 5–30+ cm. Ray-florets 0 or 5–8 (–13+); laminae 6–15 mm. Disc-florets 15–80+; corollas 4.5–7.5 mm. Cypselae 4–5 mm; pappi of lacerate crowns 0.5–1 mm plus 0–3 bristles or awns 4.5–6 mm. 2n = ca. 52.


Phenology: Flowering mostly late spring–early fall.
Habitat: Damp places in otherwise dry sites, igneous or limestone derived soils, thorn woodlands, desert scrublands
Elevation: 0–1500+ m

Discussion

The name Wedelia texana has been widely applied to this taxon; W. texana has not been validly published [cf., Lipochaeta texana Torrey & A. Gray and Zexmenia texana (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray].

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

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 +
(Kunth) Strother +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cuneate +  and truncate +
Wedelia hispida +
compound +  and simple +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
3-lobed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
yellow +  and orange +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
lacerate +
inner +  and peripheral +
hairy +  and glabrous +
flattened +, biconvex +, compressed +, 3-angled +  and obcompressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Tex. +  and Mexico +
0–1500+ m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Damp places in otherwise dry sites, igneous or limestone derived soils, thorn woodlands, desert scrublands +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
obconic;hemispheric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
coarsely toothed +  and subentire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0 +  and 3 +
cyathiform +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Flowering mostly late spring–early fall. +
8 +  and 16 +
unequal +  and subequal +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Zexmenia hispida +
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida +
Wedelia acapulcensis +
variety +
cylindric +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +