Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 358.
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Stems 50–120 (–150) cm, usually thorny proximally but armament of distal portions variable among populations, some producing only thornless, wandlike branches. Leaves mostly 10–40 mm. Involucres 4–5.5 (–6) mm. Ray-floret laminae 3.5–5 (–7) mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering (May–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Riverbanks, freshwater swamps, bottomlands, low prairies, saline flats, ditches, irrigation channels
Elevation: 0–1200(–1500) m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., La., Nev., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Utah, Mexico
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbo-paniculiform +
continuous +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
oblanceolate +
ribbed +
thornless +
wand-like +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
tawny +
persistent +
30;60 +
absent +
absent +
5(-6)-nerved +
dimorphic +
staminate +
variable +
straight +
glabrous +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Riverbanks, freshwater swamps, bottomlands, low prairies, saline flats, ditches, irrigation channels +
singly +
indeterminate +
Present +
surrounding +
broadly turbinate;hemispheric +
modified +
ascending +
sessile +
alternate +
cauline +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
hyaline +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
parallel-nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Phytologia +
1991 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;2 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
thorny +
erect +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa +
Chloracantha spinosa +
variety +
small +
2 times longer than +
perennial +
subshrub +