Carphochaete bigelovii
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 89. 1852.
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Stems usually stiff, erect. Leaves often fascicled on older growth; blades 5–35 mm. Heads terminal (± pedunculate) or in leaf-axils (sessile). Involucres 12–20 mm. Phyllaries: glanddotted, sometimes puberulent as well, margins narrowly hyaline, apices acute. Corollas 15–20 mm, throats usually purplish, lobes creamy white. Cypselae yellow-green to golden brown, 11–14 mm; pappus-scales mostly brownish to purplish with colorless, hyaline margins, aristae of the longer 1–3+ mm, scabrous. 2n = 22.
Phenology: Flowering Jan–Jun.
Habitat: Sandy soils, rock outcrops in grasslands, chaparral, pine-oak woodlands
Elevation: 900–2200 m
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Sonora)
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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introrse +
connate +
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scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
scabrous +
continuous +
glabrous +
decurrent +
1(-3)-nerved +
oblanceolate;linear +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
coarse +
absent +
Bristlehead +
not 2-lipped +
monomorphic +
[4-]8-10-ribbed +
hirtellous +
subcylindric +
11mm;14mm +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
3;4 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
older +
discoid +
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cylindric +
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Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
1852 +
absent +
epaleate +
flat;slightly convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
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2-branched +
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Carphochaete bigelovii +
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