Sphaeromeria capitata

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 402. 1841.

Common names: Rock tansy
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Tanacetum capitatum (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 502. Mentioned on page 500.
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Perennials, 5–20 cm (cespitose, bases sometimes woody). Stems erect, ± tomentose. Leaves mostly basal; blades (± cuneate, 8–20 mm) usually 1–2-pinnati-palmately lobed (ultimate lobes ± linear), faces ± tomentose. Heads usually 8–20 in tight, capitate arrays (1–1.3 cm across), sometimes with solitary heads proximal to main arrays. Involucres (2–) 3–4 mm. Phyllaries 5–8, tomentose. Receptacles glabrous. Cypselae 1–2 mm (3–5-ribbed, apices with thickened rims, faces glabrous or sparsely gland-dotted).


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Dry, rocky hills
Elevation: 1500–2400 m

Discussion

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not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Timothy K. Lowrey +  and Leila M. Shultz +
Nuttall +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
Rock tansy +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
bright-yellow +
winged +  and monomorphic +
obovoid +  and obconic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Colo. +, Mont. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1500–2400 m +
gland-dotted;gland-dotted +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry, rocky hills +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering May–Jul. +
unequal +  and subequal +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;nearly flat +
5 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
gland-dotted +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Tanacetum capitatum +
Sphaeromeria capitata +
Sphaeromeria +
species +
campanulate +
cylindric +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +