Anisocoma acaulis

Torrey & A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 111, plate 13, figs. 7–11. 1845.

Common names: Scalebud
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 310. Mentioned on page 308.

Leaves: blades 2–7 cm, lobes oblong to triangular, abaxially ± floccose-tomentose, glabrate in age. Heads 3–5+ cm diam., nodding in bud. Paleae 7-–13 mm, persistent after cypselae have fallen. Involucres broadly cylindric to campanulate, 15–35 mm. Phyllaries often with reddish tips and dots, outer broadly rounded, 2–6 mm, inner 15–35 mm. Cypselae 4–7 mm; pappi 20–27 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Sandy washes, dry slopes, chaparral, pine-oak-juniper woodlands, montane coniferous forests
Elevation: 20–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Anisocoma acaulis grows on the southwestern fringe of the Great Basin and in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Anisocoma acaulis"
obtuse;subacute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Keil +
Torrey & A. Gray +
decurrent +
10-15-nerved +
appressed-puberulent +
compound +  and simple +
oblanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
filiform +
Scalebud +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
cream +  and bright-yellow +
cylindric +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
20–2400 m +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy washes, dry slopes, chaparral, pine-oak-juniper woodlands, montane coniferous forests +
indeterminate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +  and 5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
each +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
broadly cylindric;campanulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
subbasal +  and basal +
glabrate +  and floccose-tomentose +
oblong +  and triangular +
papery-transparent +
denticulate +  and lobed +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May. +
connate +  and distinct +
15 +  and 25 +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;weakly convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
ascending +  and erect +
glabrescent +, tomentose +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 25 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Anisocoma acaulis +
Anisocoma +
species +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +