Chaetopappa effusa
Wrightia 1: 68. 1946.
Common names: Spreading lazy daisy
Endemic
Basionym: Keerlia effusa A. Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 222. 1850
Perennials, 20–80 cm, eglandular; fibrous-rooted, with caudexlike, lignescent rhizomes. Leaves not densely overlapping, proximal and mid cauline blades oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 10–20 × 6–12 mm, abruptly reduced distally, herbaceous, bases truncate to subcordate, subclasping, flat, faces sparsely hispidulous to hispido-pilose. Involucres conic to broadly cylindric, 3–4.5 × 2–2.5 mm. Ray-florets 6–9; corollas white. Disc-florets 4–7, functionally staminate. Cypselae 1.6–2.2 mm, 2 (–3) -nerved (ray) or 3–5-nerved (disc), strigose; pappi in 1 series, thickened rings or minute, erose crowns less than 0.1 mm. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Limestone cliffs, ledges, bluffs, steep hillsides, sometimes in seepy areas, oak-juniper, oak, or mixed deciduous woods
Elevation: 300–500 m
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
subclasping +
1-nerved +
linear;oblanceolate-obovate or spatulate +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
alternating +
tawny +
persistent +
5;24;26 +
absent +
Spreading lazy daisy +
white +
absent +
hyaline +
cuplike +
minute +
dimorphic +
strigose +
1.6mm;2.2mm +
staminate +
staminate +
Tex. +
straight +
gland-dotted +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Limestone cliffs, ledges, bluffs, steep hillsides, sometimes in seepy areas, oak-juniper, oak, or mixed deciduous woods +
singly +
indeterminate +
surrounding +
conic;broadly cylindric +
overlapping +
erect +
deltate +
whitish-scarious +
not evident +
unequal +
indurate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Wrightia +
1946 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
convex;flat +
caudex-like +
lignescent +
thickened +
fibrous +
irregular +
white-hyaline +
fused +
minute +
scarious +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
Endemic +
alternate +
branched +
triangular +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Chaetopappa effusa +
Chaetopappa +
species +
tubular-funnelform +
much shorter +
perennial +