Dieteria canescens var. glabra

(A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman

Sida 20: 1397. 2003.

Basionym: Machaeranthera canescens var. glabra A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 89. 1852
Synonyms: Aster canescens var. viridis A. Gray M. linearis Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 401. Mentioned on page 398, 399.

Annuals or biennials, rarely short-lived perennials. Stems usually 1 (sometimes more), erect, glabrous, puberulent, or canescent, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular; branches ascending. Mid leaf-blades lanceolate to linear. Peduncles equaling or longer than involucres. Involucres campanulate to broadly turbinate, 6–10 (–12) mm. Phyllaries in 4–8 series, usually appressed, sometimes spreading, rarely reflexed; apices usually glabrous or moderately stipitate-glandular, rarely canescent. Ray-florets pistillate, fertile. Cypselae sparsely appressed-hairy.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Grasslands, creosote bush scrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, pine forests
Elevation: 1000–2300 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Tex., Wyo., Mexico (Chihuahua)

Discussion

Variety glabra is found in the western Great Plains, southern Rocky Mountain foothills, and Chihuahuan Desert.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
canescent +, stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
acute;acuminate +
subequal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David R. Morgan +
(A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman +
decurrent +
indurate +
Machaeranthera canescens var. glabra +
linear;oblanceolate;linear;oblanceolate;lanceolate;oblong;obovate;ovate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
white +  and tawny +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
yellow +, purple +, violet +, blue +  and white +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
8-12-ribbed +  and smooth +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
appressed-hairy +
flattened +, linear +  and obovoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
clasping +  and not clasping +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Wyo. +  and Mexico (Chihuahua) +
1000–2300 m +
stipitate-glandular +, hairy +, glabrous +, canescent +  and puberulent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Grasslands, creosote bush scrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, pine forests +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
campanulate;broadly turbinate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
purple +, blue +  and white +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate;linear or linear-oblanceolate +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
deltate +  and lanceolate +
serrate +, entire +  and irregularly dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
stipitate-glandular +, canescent +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
reflexed +  and spreading +
lanceolate +  and linear +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
stipitate-glandular +, canescent +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster canescens var. viridis +  and M. linearis +
Dieteria canescens var. glabra +
Dieteria canescens +
variety +
perennial +, short-lived +, biennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +