Rafinesquia neomexicana

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 103. 1853.

Common names: Desert chicory
Illustrated
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Plants 15–60 cm. Involucres 18–25 mm. Ligules surpassing phyllaries by 15–20 mm. Cypselae 12–18 (–20) mm, including relatively stout beaks 3–6 mm; pappi of 15–21, plumose (proximal 65–80%) bristles, barbs crooked, entangled. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Open sites, sandy soils, gravelly clay loams in Lower and Upper Sonoran Zones, often in Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland, Mojave and Colorado deserts
Elevation: 200–1500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"fine" is not a number.

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acuminate +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
L. D. Gottlieb +
A. Gray +
sessile +  and petiolate +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
lobed;oblong;oblanceolate +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
tapering +
spreading +  and reflexed +
filiform +
Desert chicory +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
brown +, tan +  and mottled grayish +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
200–1500 m +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open sites, sandy soils, gravelly clay loams in Lower and Upper Sonoran Zones, often in Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland, Mojave and Colorado deserts +
in open , paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cylindro-conic +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
divided +, lobed +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
sordid +  and white +
persistent +
Flowering Mar–May. +
connate +  and distinct +
7 +  and 20 +
subequal +  and unequal +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 3 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Rafinesquia neomexicana +
Rafinesquia +
species +
purplish +  and rose +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +