Biennials or perennials (rarely flowering first-year), 10–45 (–60+) cm. Stems arachno-villous (gray to gray-green). Heads in ± crowded, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles (0.5–) 1–3 (–5+) mm. Involucres 4–5 (–7) mm. Rays (2–) 3 (–5); laminae 3–4 (–6) mm, spreading in fruit. Disc-florets 5–8 (–12). Cypselae usually glabrous, sometimes glanddotted; pappi of 4–6 lanceolate to lance-subulate scales 2.5–3+ mm. 2n = 32.

Phenology: Flowering (Mar–)May–Aug(–Oct).
Habitat: Grasslands, limestone soils, gypseous soils, caliche
Elevation: 300–900 m

Distribution

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Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.

Discussion

In trans-Pecos Texas, Psilostrophe villosa has been collected within 10 km or so of the Rio Grande; it probably occurs in Mexico. Within 100 km or so of the New Mexico-Texas border, P. villosa and P. tagetina intergrade; B. L. Turner et al. (1988) treated P. villosa as P. tagetina var. cerifera.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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