Facelis retusa
Linnaea 34: 532. 1866.
Common names: Annual trampweed
Illustrated
Basionym: Gnaphalium retusum Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 2: 758. 1788
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 443.
Stems usually with decumbent to nearly procumbent branches arising from bases, 3–30 cm, loosely tomentose. Leaves crowded; blades 7–20 (–30) × 1.5–4 mm, apices truncate-apiculate to retuse. Heads: clusters subtended by bractlike leaves. Cypselae 1.6 mm; pappi 10–11 mm. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, pastures, other disturbed sites, usually on sandy soils
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Kans., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Va., South America, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Facelis retusa"
tomentose +
green +
glabrous +
tailed +
introrse +
connate +
truncate-apiculate;retuse +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
cuneate +
denticulate +
oblanceolate;lance-linear +
decumbent;nearly procumbent +
arising +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
20;30 +
absent +
Annual trampweed +
actinomorphic +
monomorphic +
staminate +
bisexual +
straight +
silvery;bicolor +
sericeous +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
disciform +
cluster +
indeterminate +
Present +
surrounding +
cylindric;ovoid +
sessile +
crowded +
cauline +
bractlike +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
falling +
tough +
thick +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
chartaceous +
unequal +
equal +
Linnaea +
1866 +
absent +
epaleate +
conic;more or less columnar +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;3;5 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
tomentose +
2-branched +
glabrous +
papillate +
Facelis retusa +
Facelis +
species +
annual +