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|accepted_name=Varilla
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|place=4: 106. 1849
|year=1849
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae;Varilla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Varilla]]</div></div>
|etymology=Spanish varilla, rod or wand, a common name used in Mexico
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 251
|treatment_page=page 221
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs </b>[shrubs], (10–) 20–30+ cm (± succulent, sometimes rhizomatous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">mostly alternate [opposite];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture">± sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape;face pubescence">blades linear to filiform (± terete) [lance-linear], margins entire, faces glabrous (not glanddotted).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or shape;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>discoid, borne singly [in corymbiform arrays].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>obconic, [3–] 5–8 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary atypical quantity;phyllary quantity;phyllary shape;phyllary size;phyllary architecture;series atypical quantity;series quantity;series fixation or orientation"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, [30–] 45–60 in [2–] 4–5 series ± appressed, lance-linear to subulate, unequal, resinous-nerved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>conic, paleate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="palea life cycle;palea arrangement or course or shape;palea texture;palea prominence or shape;palea arrangement or vernation;palea architecture">paleae falling, linear, scarious, flat or weakly conduplicate, resinous-veined.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ray-floret presence"><b>Ray-</b>florets 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 60–150+, bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube height or length or size;throat shape;throat shape;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas greenish yellow, tubes shorter than or about equaling campanulate to cylindric throats, lobes 5, narrowly deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape;rib quantity;face pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>columnar to clavate, ribs 8–15, faces glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">pappi 0 [bristles].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pappus presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tex.;Mexico
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Varilla
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|publication year=1849
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae
|genus=Varilla
|blade shape=linear;filiform
|corolla coloration=greenish yellow
|cypsela shape=columnar;clavate
|disc-floret quantity=60;150
|disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual
|face pubescence=glabrous;glabrous
|head architecture or shape=discoid
|head arrangement=singly
|involucre diameter=5mm;8mm
|involucre shape=obconic
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe shape=deltate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|palea architecture=resinous-veined
|palea arrangement or course or shape=linear
|palea arrangement or vernation=conduplicate
|palea life cycle=falling
|palea prominence or shape=flat
|palea texture=scarious
|pappus presence=absent
|phyllary architecture=resinous-nerved
|phyllary atypical quantity=30;45
|phyllary duration=persistent
|phyllary quantity=45;60
|phyllary shape=lance-linear;subulate
|phyllary size=unequal
|ray-floret presence=absent
|receptacle architecture=paleate
|receptacle shape=conic
|rib quantity=8;15
|series atypical quantity=2;4
|series fixation or orientation=appressed
|series quantity=4;5
|stem orientation=erect
|throat shape=campanulate;cylindric
|tube height or length or size=shorter
|whole_organism atypical some measurement=10cm;20cm
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub
|whole_organism some measurement=20cm;30cm
|x chromosome quantity=18
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