Verbesina oreophila

Wooton & Standley

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 190. 1913.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 111. Mentioned on page 107.

Plants 50–100+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ovate-deltate to lance-elliptic, 3–8 (–11) × 1–4 (–6) cm, bases subtruncate to cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices acute to attenuate, faces ± hirsutulous to scabrellous. Heads borne singly or 2–6 in loose, corymbiform arrays. Involucres ± hemispheric, 8–10 mm diam. Phyllaries 12–16 in 2 series, ± erect, linear to lanceovate or lance-linear, 4–7 mm. Ray-florets 13; laminae 9–12+ mm. Disc-florets 60–100+; corollas yellow. Cypselae dark-brown, obovate, 4–5 mm, faces glabrous; pappi 0–0.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering (Aug–)Sep(–Nov).
Habitat: Rocky slopes, limestone
Elevation: 1500–2100 m

Distribution

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N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Verbesina oreophila"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
acute;attenuate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Wooton & Standley +
bristlelike +
subulate +
subtruncate +  and cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
ovate-deltate;lance-elliptic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Mexico (Coahuila) +
1500–2100 m +
glabrous +  and hirsutulous +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Rocky slopes, limestone +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
less deltate +  and lance-deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
coarsely toothed +  and subentire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Flowering (Aug–)Sep(–Nov). +
12 +  and 16 +
unequal +  and subequal +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. +
neuter +, styliferous +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex or more or less conic +
subulate +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Verbesina oreophila +
Verbesina +
species +
campanulate +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and subentire +
perennial +  and annual +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +