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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Malperia tenuis
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=24: 54. 1889
|year=1889
}}
|common_names=Brownturbans
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Malperia;Malperia tenuis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malperia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malperia tenuis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 510
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="basal leaf life cycle;cauline leaf life cycle;cauline leaf length;cauline leaf width"><b>Leaves:</b> basal often withered by flowering, cauline 2–5 cm × 0.3–1.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="corolla some measurement"><b>Corollas </b>5–6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="cypsela some measurement"><b>Cypselae </b>ca. 3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="scale shape;scale some measurement">pappi: muticous scales ca. 0.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="scale shape;scale some measurement;2n chromosome quantity">aristate scales ca. 5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Feb–Mar(–Apr).
|habitat=Gravelly and sandy washes and other alluvium, rocky hillsides, sandy flats, lava, desert scrub, creosote bush flats
|elevation=10–700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Baja California Sur);Mexico (Sonora)
|discussion=<p>Malperia tenuis is recognized by its annual duration, linear leaves densely arranged along stems or concentrated near bases of stems, loosely arranged heads, and pappi of two kinds of scales.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malperia tenuis
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Feb–Mar(–Apr).
|habitat=Gravelly and sandy washes and other alluvium, rocky hillsides, sandy flats, lava, desert scrub, creosote bush flats
|elevation=10–700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Mexico (Baja California Sur);Mexico (Sonora)
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1889
|special status=Illustrated
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Malperia
|species=Malperia tenuis
|2n chromosome quantity=20
|basal leaf life cycle=withered
|cauline leaf length=2cm;5cm
|cauline leaf life cycle=flowering
|cauline leaf width=0.3mm;1.5mm
|corolla some measurement=5mm;6mm
|cypsela some measurement=3
|scale shape=aristate;muticous
|scale some measurement=5;0.5
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