Tidestromia suffruticosa var. suffruticosa
Synonyms: Tidestromia suffruticosa var. coahuilana Tidestromia gemmata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 441.
Leaf-blades usually ovate (lanceolate, ovate, very widely ovate, or reniform). Internodes of secondary branches subtending involucres in fruit usually well defined and not crowded.
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall (Apr–Oct).
Habitat: Primary and disturbed vegetation, desert shrub, mesa slopes, disturbed grounds, roadsides, in gypseous limestone, rocky, gravelly alluvial and limestone soils
Elevation: 600-1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango)
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscence +
obtuse;acute;crenate;obtuse;acute;obtuse;acute +
chartaceous +
absent +
lanate +
adnate +
indurate +
low +
sessile +
opposite +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
equal +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
defined +
cluster +
Primary and disturbed vegetation, desert shrub, mesa slopes, disturbed grounds, roadsides, in gypseous limestone, rocky, gravelly alluvial and limestone soils +
1-3(-4)-flowered +
axillary +
arranged +
distinctly shorter +
not crowded +
ovate +
subopposite +
involucral +
connate +
involucral +
indurate +
absent +
triangular +
superior +
0.5mm;0.9mm +
membranous +
surrounding +
alternate +
absent +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
1916 +
brown-red +
obovoid +
perennial +
absent +
decumbent +
herbaceous +
ascending +
hyaline +
indehiscent +
1;3 +
membranous +
absent +
Tidestromia suffruticosa var. suffruticosa +
Tidestromia suffruticosa +
variety +
distinct +
1.7mm;2.7mm +
absent +
keeled +
simple +
candelabriform +
rhizomatous;rhizomatous +
pruinose +
perennial +
subshrub +