Dicoria canescens

A. Gray in W. H. Emory

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 87, plate 30. 1859.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Dicoria brandegeei A. Gray Dicoria canescens subsp. brandegeei (A. Gray) Cronquist Dicoria canescens var. brandegeei (A. Gray) Cronquist Dicoria canescens subsp. clarkiae (P. B. Kennedy) D. D. Keck Dicoria canescens subsp. hispidula (Rydberg) D. D. Keck Dicoria canescens var. hispidula (Rydberg) Cronquist Dicoria canescens var. witherillii (Eastwood) Cronquist Dicoria clarkiae Dicoria paniculata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 25.

Leaves: petioles 5–20+ mm; blades mostly 10–30 (–120) × 3–20 (–30+) mm. Peduncles 1–3+ mm. Involucres 2–3+ mm. Phyllaries: outer ± lanceolate, ± herbaceous, sericeous to strigillose, inner ultimately obovate to ± orbiculate, usually ± cucullate, scarious to membranous, usually glandular-pubescent, each ± investing a cypsela. Paleae 1.8–2+ mm. Functionally staminate florets: corollas 2.5–3 mm. Cypselae 3–8+ mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering year round, mostly Oct–Feb.
Habitat: Alkaline soils, desert washes, flats
Elevation: -20–1700 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Dicoria canescens"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
racemiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
A. Gray in W. H. Emory +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
lance-linear;lanceolate or more or less deltate or ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
tubular +  and more or less filiform +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
villous +, strigillose +, hispidulous +, glabrous +  and warty +
scabrellous +  and tuberculate +
less obovate +  and elliptic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
-20–1700 m +
sericeous +  and strigillose +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Alkaline soils, desert washes, flats +
coarser +
discoid +  and disciform +
in corymbiform , glomerate , paniculiform , racemiform or spiciform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
glandular-pubescent +
scarious +  and membranous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
less cupshaped;saucer-shaped +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
alternate +  and opposite +
incurved;reflexed;incurved;reflexed;erect +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
toothed +  and entire +
sericeous +  and strigillose +
2-carpellate +
less villous +  and hispid +
cuneiform;linear +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering year round, mostly Oct–Feb. +
5 +  and 80 +
unequal +  and subequal +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Dicoria brandegeei +, Dicoria canescens subsp. brandegeei +, Dicoria canescens var. brandegeei +, Dicoria canescens subsp. clarkiae +, Dicoria canescens subsp. hispidula +, Dicoria canescens var. hispidula +, Dicoria canescens var. witherillii +, Dicoria clarkiae +  and Dicoria paniculata +
Dicoria canescens +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +