Monoptilon bellioides
Univ. California Publ. Bot. 3: 75. 1907.
Common names: Mojave or bristly desertstar
Basionym: Eremiastrum bellioides A. Gray Pl. Nov. Thurb., 321. 1854
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 210.
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Stems often prominently reddish purple. Phyllary margins proximally with sharply delimited, white-scarious portions, lacerate-ciliate at base. Disc-floret corollas glabrous or nearly so. Pappi outer crowns of paleae or narrow squamellae 0.5–1 mm plus inner of 8–15 barbellate bristles, length 1/2–1/3 disc corollas. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering Jan–May.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly flats or washes, dunes
Elevation: 100–900 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
oblong;oblanceolate-spatulate +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
persistent +
1/2;1/3 +
absent +
Mojave or bristly desertstar +
absent +
monomorphic +
2-ribbed +
dimorphic +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
taprooted +
hispido-hirsute +
surrounding +
campanulate +
petiolate +
alternate +
reflexed +
lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
laciniate +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
1-nerved +
persistent +
appressed +
distinct +
falling +
linear-lanceolate +
unequal +
equal +
lacerate-ciliate +
delimited +
white-scarious +
Univ. California Publ. Bot. +
1907 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
pitted +
concave;usually flat;conic +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
2;1 +
narrow +
alternate +
reddish purple +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Monoptilon bellioides +
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species +
much shorter than narrowly tubular-funnelform +
annual +