Verbesina nana
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 543. 1899.
Basionym: Ximenesia encelioides var. nana A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 92. 1853
Plants mostly 7–15+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± deltate to rhombic, 3–8+ × 2–5+ cm, bases ± cuneate, margins raggedly toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces strigoso-sericeous. Heads borne singly or 2–3 together. Involucres shallowly bowl-shaped, 15–25+ mm diam. Phyllaries 28–35+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, linear to lanceolate, 8–12+ mm. Ray-florets 12–16+; laminae 10–12+ mm. Disc-florets 80–150+; corollas yellow to orange. Cypselae blackish, ± elliptic, 6.5–8 mm, faces ± strigillose; pappi 0.5–1+ mm. 2n = 68.
Phenology: Flowering May(–Oct).
Habitat: Silty flats, roadsides, desert scrub
Elevation: 1000–2000 m
Distribution
N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila)
Discussion
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introrse +
connate +
herbaceous +
obtuse;acute +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
bristlelike +
absent +
continuous +
cuneate +
less deltate;rhombic +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
1;15 +
stigmatic +
absent +
zygomorphic +
winged +
elliptic +
blackish +
dimorphic +
6.5mm;8mm +
staminate +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
discoid +
singly +
indeterminate +
2;3 +
surrounding +
bowl--shaped +
opposite +
toothed +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
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anatropous +
persistent +
fragile +
falling +
absent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
erect +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1899 +
absent +
paleate +
flat;convex or more or less conic +
fibrous +
subulate +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
2;3 +
alternate +
branched +
erect +
continuous +
2-branched +
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Verbesina nana +
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species +
campanulate +
equaling +
much shorter +
cylindric +
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