Hymenoxys odorata

de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 661. 1836.

Common names: Western bitterweed bitter rubberweed
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 437. Mentioned on page 435, 436.

Annuals, 10–80 cm (robust). Stems 1–25, usually purple-red-tinted proximally, sometimes throughout, often branched throughout, ± hairy. Leaves: blades simple or lobed (lobes 3–19+), ± hairy, glanddotted; mid leaves lobed (lobes 5–11+, terminal lobes 0.3–1 mm wide). Heads 15–350+ per plant in paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 2–12 cm, sparsely hairy. Involucres subhemispheric to campanulate to ± urceolate, 6–10 × 7–12.5 mm. Phyllaries in 2 series, unequal; outer 8–13, basally connate 1/4–1/3 their lengths, obovate to oblanceolate, 3.5–5.2 mm, apices acuminate; inner 8–13, obovate, 3.8–5.9 mm, apices acuminate to acute. Ray-florets 8–13; corollas yellow, 8.5–11 × 3–5.5 mm. Disc-florets 50–150+; corollas 2.6–4.1 mm. Cypselae narrowly obpyramidal, 1.7–2.5 mm; pappi of 5–6 obovate, aristate scales 1.6–2.3 mm. 2n = 22, 24, 28, 30.


Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Apr–Jun(–Aug).
Habitat: Roadsides, open flats, mesquite and creosote-bush flats, ditches and drainage areas, stream banks and bottoms
Elevation: 60–1500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Hymenoxys odorata"
30 +, 28 +, 24 +  and 22 +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
acuminate;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Mark W. Bierner +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
decurrent +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Western bitterweed +  and bitter rubberweed +
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.41 cm4.1 mm <br />0.0041 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Sonora) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
60–1500 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Roadsides, open flats, mesquite and creosote-bush flats, ditches and drainage areas, stream banks and bottoms +
discoid +  and radiate +
in paniculiform to corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
subhemispheric;campanulate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Flowering (Feb–)Apr–Jun(–Aug). +
28 +  and 50 +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
pitted +  and smooth +
conic;ovoid;conic;ovoid;hemispheric +
5 +  and 6 +
aristate +  and obovate +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
subequal;unequal +
Illustrated +
purple-red-tinted +
1 +  and 25 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Dugaldia +  and Plummera +
Hymenoxys odorata +
Hymenoxys +
species +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
dilated +
toothed +  and entire +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.59 cm5.9 mm <br />0.0059 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +