Chaetopappa bellidifolia
Wrightia 1: 71. 1946.
Common names: Edwards lazy daisy
Endemic
Basionym: Keerlia bellidifolia A. Gray & Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1: 47. 1848
Annuals, 8–40 cm, eglandular or minutely glandular; taprooted. Leaves not densely overlapping, proximal and mid cauline blades oblanceolate to oblong-spatulate, 7–35 × (1–) 2–10 mm, herbaceous, bases not clasping, flat, faces glabrous or sparsely strigose. Involucres narrowly to broadly conic, 3.8–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Ray-florets 6–15; corollas violet to blue or lavender. Disc-florets 8–22, bisexual or functionally staminate. Cypselae (ray) 1.5–2.2 mm, 10-nerved, faces strigose; pappi minute, thickened rings less than 0.1 mm, in 1 series. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering late Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Open habitats, sandy, clay, or rocky soils, commonly in calcareous alluvium, stream bottoms, limestone hills, usually with juniper and oak
Elevation: 200–700 m
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
not clasping +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
linear;oblanceolate-obovate or spatulate +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
alternating +
tawny +
persistent +
5;24;26 +
absent +
Edwards lazy daisy +
absent +
hyaline +
cuplike +
minute +
10-nerved +
dimorphic +
1.5mm;2.2mm +
staminate +
bisexual +
staminate +
Tex. +
straight +
gland-dotted +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Open habitats, sandy, clay, or rocky soils, commonly in calcareous alluvium, stream bottoms, limestone hills, usually with juniper and oak +
singly +
indeterminate +
surrounding +
conic +
overlapping +
erect +
deltate +
whitish-scarious +
not evident +
unequal +
indurate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
minute +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Wrightia +
1946 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
convex;flat +
thickened +
fibrous +
irregular +
white-hyaline +
fused +
minute +
scarious +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
Endemic +
alternate +
branched +
triangular +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Chaetopappa bellidifolia +
Chaetopappa +
species +
tubular-funnelform +
much shorter +
annual +