Search results

perennials and annuals, glabrous, hispid, tomentose, floccose, hirsute, villous, viscid, or sometimes glandular; taproot usually not woody. Stems spreading to erect

perennial [annual], often suffrutescent, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes viscid; taproots slender and ropelike to swollen and tuberous. Stems erect to decumbent

Bacchus, who was described as covered with foam perhaps allud-ing to the viscid secretion covering many species Synonyms: Anotites Greene Atocion Adanson

lobed, serrate, or toothed, faces glabrous (sometimes shiny) or glandular-puberulent, strigose, or tomentose, sometimes glanddotted. Heads usually in corymbiform

in profile rhombic, cordate, or obdeltate, coriaceous, glabrate to viscid puberulent; wings 2–5, opaque, subtly veined, not or only slightly extending beyond

diams.) Flyriella 26 Annuals or perennials, 30–120+ cm (not viscid, stems usually puberulent, hairs curled); corollas bluish, pinkish, purplish, or white

procumbent or ascending (A. wrightii), glabrescent or pubescent, sometimes viscid (A. hirtum, A. reventum, A. trisulcatum). Leaves: stipules usually persistent

Branchlets angled in cross section, sparsely puberulent or glabrous; leaf blade abaxial surfaces puberulent to villosulous. Ceanothus griseus 30 Leaf margins

Mentioned on page 83, 93, 97, 144. Herbs or subshrubs. Stems glabrous, puberulent, or retrorsely hairy, rarely glandular-pubescent distally or wholly or

(apices rounded to acute or attenuate), faces glabrous or sparsely pilose or puberulent, sometimes minutely stipitate-glandular, sometimes resinous. Receptacles

Dichanthelium consanguineum 14 Culms glabrous, puberulent, or pilose with papillose-based hairs; nodes glabrous, puberulent to lightly bearded; spikelets glabrous

expanded, clasping) Senecio lemmonii 10 Herbage viscid-pubescent > 11 10 Herbage glabrous or hairy, not viscid > 12 11 Leaves petiolate (pinnatisect to pinnatifid)

surfaces papillate, scabrous or smooth, glabrous or glandular-puberulent to hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose, sometimes glabrescent; (abaxial surface

axillary fascicles. Cauline leaves 3-6; sheaths glabrous or pubescent, not viscid; ligules shortly membranous and ciliate, cilia longer than the membranous

Twigs terete, viscid, glabrous or puberulent. Leaves usually in whorls of 3, rarely alternate or opposite; petiole 6–16 mm, usually puberulent; blade oblong

occur west of the mountains; in the arid regions viscid-pubescent plants occur to the south, less viscid plants to the north. Sympatry and intergradation

2-angled proximal to node, viscid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves opposite; petiole absent or 0.1–2 mm, glabrous or puberulent; blade ovate or oval to

rounded to ± cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth or scabrous, puberulent or veins finely hairy. Inflorescences panicles, 3–7-branched; immature

round, sometimes ± angled in cross-section, flexible to rigid, glabrous, puberulent, or villosulous. Leaves: petiole 3–8 mm; blade flat, ovate to widely elliptic

proximal to node, viscid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves alternate or opposite; petiole absent or 0.1–2 mm, glabrous or puberulent; blade ovate or oval

plane, surfaces smooth-papillate, rough, scabrous, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Inflorescences panicles, 4–7-branched; immature inflorescence pendent

FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 70. Mentioned on page 16. Herbs, annual, viscid-pubescent to nearly glabrous, from slender or stout and ± woody taproots

216. Herbs or subshrubs, annual or perennial. Stems erect, puberulent or hispid, not viscid. Leaves: stipules persistent, filiform; blade broadly ovate

eglandular; petiole and rachis with pricklets, puberulent, stipitate-glandular; leaflets 5–7 (–9), viscid glands with ripe apple scent, terminal: petiolule

3–0.6 (–1.2) m. Twigs terete, viscid, puberulent, densely hispid. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.1–1 mm, hirsute-puberulent; blade elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1

few long, flexuous, woolly hairs at proximal nodes, glandular and somewhat viscid distally; small axillary tufts of leaves usually absent. Leaves marcescent

acute, faces glabrous or gray, greenish, or yellowish tomentose, sometimes viscid, sometimes gland-dotted or stipitate-glandular; axillary leaf fascicles

erect, simple or branched, seldom winged (see P. sagittalis), usually puberulent to tomentose and stipitate or sessile-glandular, sometimes glabrous. Leaves

terete, rarely 4-sided (D. pictus), glabrous, puberulent, hirtellous, hirsutulous, glandular-puberulent, or glandular-pubescent to glandular-villous with

grayish green, glaucescent, thorn-tipped, round in cross-section, rigid, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 2–8 mm; blade flat to cupped, ovate to elliptic

2–3 mm, densely and shortly viscid-villous; perianth of pistillate flowers greenish, often blushed with red, 2–3 mm, puberulent. Fruits clavate, 7–10 × 3–4

petiole; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 5–7 × 3–5 mm, papery, glandular-puberulent to viscid-villous; flowers 8–27. Perianth: tube magenta to greenish, 6.5–18

2-angled, viscid, glabrous or puberulent in decurrent, ciliolate lines from petiole base. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.1–3 mm, glabrous or puberulent (base ciliate);

occasionally swollen, glabrous or densely pubescent, often with a glabrous or viscid ring below; internodes purplish or olive green or grayish-green, to yellowish-green

Shrubs spreading to erect, 0.5–1.5 m. Twigs terete, viscid, sparsely stipitate-glandular, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves deciduous, alternate; petiole

shoots. Stems erect, 5–40 cm, softly pubescent to scabrous, eglandular or viscid-glandular, especially distally, very rarely glabrous, with several pairs

terete, viscid, stipitate-glandular, glabrescent. Leaves alternate (seemingly whorled on slow-growing twigs); petiole 10–30 mm, glabrous or puberulent, sometimes

basally minutely puberulent in 2 lines, sparsely or densely spreading-hirsute, or rarely glabrate or glabrous; distally minutely puberulent in 2 lines, sparsely

or cordate, apex acute, obtuse, or round, surfaces glabrous or viscid-puberulent, viscid-villous, or hirsute. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, few branched

gland-tipped, plants sticky, viscid) Heteranthemis 8 Stems and leaves glabrous or hairy (hairs not gland-tipped, plants not viscid) > 9 9 Rays proximally white

tomentose to tomentulose, adaxial surface dark green, villosulous or puberulent, glabrescent; usually 3-veined from base, rarely pinnately veined (veins

(terete, striate when dry), branched (usually glanddotted, farinaceous to puberulent when young). Leaves cauline; all or mostly alternate (at flowering); petiolate

brown, not thorn-tipped, round in cross-section, flexible or ± rigid, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 9–32 mm; blade aromatic, flat, widely elliptic

on both ends. Fruits also can be smooth and glabrous or hairy, sometimes viscid. None. Arctostaphylos andersonii, Arctostaphylos auriculata, Arctostaphylos

green, glabrate or puberulent, especially on veins, sometimes glabrescent, adaxial surface green, dull, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; usually 3-veined

Association Stems ± unbranched, stout, 20–80 cm, densely puberulent, glandular-puberulent and viscid distally. Leaves: basal petiolate, blade lanceolate to

pedicels, inflated in fruit, 5–14 mm, glandular-puberulent to glandular-pubescent or ribs almost tomentose and viscid, lobes subequal, apex rounded and apiculate

nearly so, not viscid). Leaves cauline; opposite; petiolate; blades usually 3-nerved from bases, deltate, margins toothed, faces puberulent to velutinous

Association Stems often reddish, at least at nodes, short glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 1–8.5 cm; blade oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–9.5 × 1–4

fibrous-rooted. Stems stipitate to sessile-glandular (commonly with eglandular but viscid hairs as well), not arachnose. Leaves petiolate or sessile; blades (succulent

Mentioned on page 461, 509. Perennials or subshrubs, 30–80+ cm (plants not viscid). Stems decumbent to erect, much branched from bases. Leaves cauline; mostly

panicles mature. Cauline leaves 4-14; sheaths glabrous or pubescent, not viscid; ligules membranous and ciliate or of hairs; blades with papillose-based

60. Herbs, perennial, sometimes annual, sparingly glandular puberulent to spreading viscid-villous. Stems often reddish, 0.1–1.5 m. Leaves progressively

in proximal 1/2, well branched, 5–10 dm, glabrate to sparsely spreading viscid-pubescent throughout, more densely so distally. Leaves ascending to spreading

to rounded, abaxial surface pale green, puberulent to densely villosulous, veins prominently raised, puberulent to villosulous, adaxial surface dark green

to lanceolate, margins entire or toothed, faces glabrous or ± pilose, puberulent, or strigoso-hispid, sometimes glanddotted. Heads discoid, in dense to

thorn-tipped or not, round or slightly angled in cross-section, rigid, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves not fascicled; petiole 3–12 mm; blade flat, elliptic

1–2.5 m. Stems erect, prominently 3-sulcate when young, minutely puberulent, usually viscid (especially in inflorescence). Leaves: stipules subulate, 2–4

Stems erect, simple or several from base, retrorsely puberulent proximally, densely so and viscid distally, with stipitate-glands. Leaves: blade with stiff

(throats distinctly indurate and inflated, glabrous or sparsely puberulent with glandular-viscid, hairs blunt). Cypselae 1.4–1.8 mm, 2-nerved, faces sparsely

trullate, margins entire or serrate, serrulate, or toothed, faces hirtellous, puberulent, glabrescent, or glabrous (sometimes shiny), sometimes glanddotted. Heads

Stems erect, (25–) 50–800 (–1000) mm, usually glandular-puberulent or glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves basal and cauline, basal usually in rosette, cauline

lengths, viscid Symphyotrichum adnatum 34 Stems decumbent, ascending, or erect, not scandent-climbing; distal leaves not adnate to stems, not viscid > 35 35

branched from main axis; peduncle 5–10 mm, glabrate or sparsely puberulent or spreading viscid-villous, crosswalls of hairs pale; involucres pale green, widely

(rarely much-branched) from base or above, stout, to 18 dm, puberulent or tomentulose with short, viscid, whitish or brownish hairs. Leaves principally on proximal

basally truncate to diamond-shaped, occupying distal 1/3, faces glandular-viscid. Receptacles slightly convex, pitted, epaleate. Ray-florets 0. Disc-florets

indurate-apiculate, surfaces hirsutulous-hispidulous, sometimes abaxially viscid-puberulent and sessile-glandular when very young, glandularity deciduous by maturity;

sometimes pale lavender, sometimes branched, densely glandular-pubescent, often viscid; flowers numerous; bracts erect to recurved, narrowly oblong-lanceolate

papery, base ± attenuate, margins glandular-puberulent, often ciliate, or glabrate to lightly glandular-puberulent. Perianth: tube greenish to pink, 6–18 mm

semierect, slightly to moderately branched, elongate, glandular-pubescent to viscid. Leaves: petiole 0.5–4 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2–5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, margins

elongate, reddish at least basally, glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous or viscid-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1–4.5 cm; blade broadly ovate to orbiculate,

Mentioned on page 220, 221. Herbs, 1 m. Stems erect, puberulent and with simple hairs 2–5 mm, viscid. Leaves: stipules recurved, lanceolate, 7–9 mm; petiole

tomentulose, rarely glabrate, adaxial surface green, dull, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; 3-veined from base. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniclelike

annual. Stems erect, 10–180 (–230) mm, densely glandular-pubescent and viscid. Leaves basal and cauline, basal in rosette, cauline gradually reduced distally;

1/2+ length, apices narrowly acute, white-spinulose, faces finely scabrous, viscid, minutely stipitate-glandular. Heads in ± open, paniculiform arrays, branches

with 2 lines of curved hairs, or evenly puberulent with curved hairs, sometimes also spreading-villous or viscid-villous. Leaves ascending to spreading

long as sepals, glandular-puberulent Flowers: sepals ovatelanceolate, 5–6 mm, margins narrow, apex acute to obtuse, minutely viscid-glandular; petals oblanceolate

Peduncles 2–5 mm, minutely puberulent. Involucres 3–3.5 (–4) mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces viscid-puberulent and/or sessile-glandular. Corollas

abaxial surface pale green, sparsely puberulent to villosulous or glabrate, veins prominently raised, puberulent to villosulous, adaxial surface dark green

densely and shortly viscid-villous]; perianth of pistillate flowers greenish, often blushed with red, 2–2.5 mm, densely puberulent. Fruits clavate, 7–10

infrequently procumbent, unbranched to few branched, elongate, often whitish, viscid-puberulent to glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1–4.5 cm; blade lanceolate

glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent;

branched, elongate, sometimes reddish at base and nodes, glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 0.5–8 cm; blade ovate to triangular or lanceolate, 3–12

purple, lavender, or pallid, sometimes branched, glandular-pubescent, often ± viscid; flowers numerous; bracts usually reflexed, lanceolate, 8–15 mm, apex acute

Calyces inflated in fruit, 5–14 mm, glandular-puberulent to glandular-pubescent or ribs almost tomentose and viscid, lobes subequal, apex rounded and apiculate

semierect, slightly to moderately branched, elongate, often reddish at nodes, viscid. Leaves: petiole 1–9 cm; blade deltate-ovate to elliptic, 2–8 × 2–6.5 cm

annual. Stems erect, 20–900 (–1200) mm, usually glandular-pubescent and viscid. Leaves basal and cauline, basal in rosette, cauline gradually reduced distally;

with long slender rhizomes. Stems 1–20 (–50+), stout, finely puberulent or scabrous-puberulent at least distally. Leaves: basal absent at flowering; cauline

20–100 mm, distal internodes 1–4 mm, short glandular-villous to glandular-puberulent. Leaves usually cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole present proximally

Herbs, annual. Stems erect, (20–) 30–150 (–180) mm, glandular-pubescent and viscid-villous. Leaves usually cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole absent;

Herbs, annual. Stems erect, 20–280 mm, densely glandular-pubescent and viscid. Leaves usually cauline, gradually reduced distally; petiole absent; blade

faces sparsely to densely pilose, not evidently glanddotted. Peduncles viscid-puberulent, pilose, and stipitate-glandular. Involucres ca. 4 × 5–6 mm. Phyllaries

page 70. Stems often reddish, at least at nodes, short glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 1–6.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic-oblong, 1.5–8 × 0.5–5

usually entire, sometimes ± repand and undulate, surfaces minutely viscid-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate

entire, sometimes slightly repand and undulate, surfaces glabrous or viscid-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts ovate

densely villosulous to tomentulose, adaxial surface dark green, sparsely puberulent and glandular-papillate; pinnately veined. Inflorescences axillary or

Peduncles 5–12 mm, densely stipitate-glandular and sometimes also sparsely viscid-puberulent. Involucres 3.5–4 mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular

Treatment on page 503. Mentioned on page 504. Stems viscid to glandular-villous. Peduncles viscid to glandular-villous. Involucres 8–12 mm. Florets 15–28

phyllaries flat; ray florets neuter; cypselae cuneiform or linear, 5–7-ribbed, puberulent to pilose Corethrogyne 32 Phyllaries in vertical ranks; heads congested

erect, freely branched, leafy, elongate, 30–80 cm, scabrid-puberulent and glandular-viscid. Leaves 2 per node; basal long-petiolate, blade oblanceolate

fibrous-rooted, sometimes rhizomatous. Stems puberulent to sparsely villous and stipitate to sessile-glandular (sometimes viscid). Leaves sessile; blades ovate to

usually gla­brous, strigillose, villous, or hirtellous, rarely glandular-puberulent. Stems erect to spreading or pros­trate and then often rooting at nodes

white or pinkish. Capsules 4–6 mm wide, lobed; valves smooth to rugose, viscid, usually not crested, sometimes weakly crested. Phenology: Flowering Jan–Jul

of leaves and erect flowering-stems. Stems simple, 5–15 cm, pubescent and viscid, with stipitate-glands. Leaves: basal with blade 1-veined, oblanceolate

attenuate, or obtuse, often rounded at tip, surfaces glabrous or rarely puberulent. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, few branched, ± evenly forked and

3–20 mm, apex acute and acuminate, usually thick, leathery, densely puberulent and viscid-glandular or eglandular. Inflorescences cymose, open or congested

tufts of basal leaves. Stems erect, simple, (10–) 20–60 cm, softly puberulent, viscid-glandular distally. Leaves mostly basal; basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate

entire. Heads in open, subcorymbiform arrays. Peduncles mostly 5–30 mm, viscid-puberulent and stipitate-glandular. Involucres 6–8 mm, stipitate and sessile-glandular

sparsely branched from base or above, stout, to 12 dm, puberulent or tomentulose with short, viscid, grayish hairs. Leaves principally on proximal 1/3 of

simple or with ascending branches, (20–) 40–100 cm, coarsely puberulent, stipitate-glandular, viscid distally. Leaves: mid and proximal stem pairs connate, blade

finely 10-striate or ribbed, stiffly coriaceous, glabrous or minutely puberulent, with large stalked or subsessile, very sticky glands, especially near

base often decumbent with marcescent leaf-bases, scabrous-puberulent to pubescent, usually ± viscid-glandular distally, rarely densely so. Leaves 2 per node;

caudex branched, woody. Stems numerous, erect, simple, 3–15 cm, pubescent, viscid-glandular distally. Leaves mostly basal, densely tufted; basal numerous

margins entire, slightly undulate, sparsely to moderately soft-puberulent, somewhat viscid (stipitate-glands very small); mostly withering by flowering,

slender or stout, 10–80 cm, puberulent. Leaves 2 per node; basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, 6–25 cm × 4–30 mm, retrorsely puberulent on both surfaces; cauline

stout; caudex branched, woody. Stems several, erect, simple, 15–50 cm, puberulent, viscid-glandular distally. Leaves mostly basal; basal marcescent, long-petiolate

Pedicels erect, sometimes slightly bent at apex, 1/4–2 times calyx, viscid glandular-puberulent, septa of hairs colorless. Flowers: calyx prominently 10-veined

or not, round to ± angled in cross-section, rigid, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Leaves: not fascicled; petiole 4–7 mm; blade ± cupped, elliptic to oblong

multicapitate. Stems erect, simple proximal to inflorescence, 30–90 cm, glabrous, viscid, especially at nodes. Leaves: basal numerous, tufted, petiolate, blade oblanceolate

scabrid-puberulent, stipitate-glandular distally. Leaves 2 per node; basal shortly petiolate, blade oblanceolate, apex acute, sparsely puberulent; cauline

shoots and erect flowering shoots. Stems 15–45 cm, pubescent and glandular-viscid distally, sparsely pubescent to ± glabrous proximally. Leaves mostly in

apex acuminate; peduncle ascending, elongate, viscid stipitate-glandular. Pedicels ascending, elongate, viscid stipitate-glandular. Flowers: calyx prominently

10–25. Peduncles 0–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Phyllaries 5.5–6.5 (–7) mm, glabrous (usually viscid-shiny from resinous exudate of ± evident sunken

page 204. Mentioned on page 203, 205. Stems stout, 10–40 cm, glandular-puberulent. Leaves: basal broadly petiolate, petiole ciliate, blade oblanceolate

page 479, 481. Subshrubs, 100–400 cm; taprooted. Stems matted-villous with viscid, vitreous hairs, proximally glabrescent, not evidently glandular. Leaves

Subshrubs, 0.4–1.2 m. Stems erect to often reclining, glandularpuberulent, viscid and with simple 1–2 mm hairs. Leaves: stipules free from petiole, 1-veined

auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces ± scabrous, sparsely glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences panicles, 4–6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent

Mentioned on page 26. Stems: young sparsely puberulent, stipitate-glandular, often also hirsute-villous, hairs viscid, strongly to weakly glabrescent, becoming

Annuals or perennials. Stems 10–150 cm, self-supporting, glandular-hairy, viscid; branches not twining. Leaves subopposite proximally, alternate distally;

usually corymbiform, sometimes paniculiform, arrays. Peduncles minutely puberulent (viscid, hairs not glandular). Involucres 7–12 (–15) mm. Phyllaries 15–40+

mm, puberulent and shortly stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences thyrsate, 3–25-flowered, open, bracteate, pedunculate, stipitate-glandular, viscid; bracts

Stems prostrate, sometimes rooting adventitiously at nodes, ca. 2–10 m, puberulent to scabrous with pustulate-based hairs; tendrils 3–7-branched 3–6 cm above

branches glabrous or sparsely puberulent (at least basally); ultimate branchlets and pedicels glabrous, somewhat viscid. Spikelets 0.8-1.1 mm, ellipsoid

cm, densely puberulent with deflexed, gray, short, eglandular hairs intermixed with stipitate-glandular hairs. Leaves: blade finely puberulent on both surfaces

fine setae; heads 1. > 5 4 Disc corollas glabrous or slightly puberulent (hairs glandular-viscid, blunt); pappi: outer of setae or subulate scales 0.1–0.3

of leaves, short retrorse-pubescent proximally, stipitate-glandular and viscid distally, with purple-septate hairs. Leaves: basal pseudopetiolate, tufted

sides of the throats. The glandular-puberulent vestiture of D. nanus contrasts with the glandular-pubescent and viscid-villous vestiture (with hairs much

reduced leaves, 10–20 (–30) cm, finely retrorse-puberulent proximally, stipitate-glandular and viscid in inflorescence. Leaves: basal petiolate, blade

Stems spreading, branched, very leafy, 4-angled, 10–20 cm, short glandular-puberulent on internodes. Leaves sessile; blade ovate to ovatelanceolate, widest

4–8 mm, laminae (0.7–1 mm wide) coiling. Disc corollas 2–3.5 mm (viscid-puberulent, hairs multicellular, blunt). Cypselae 1.5–2.5 mm, 3–4-orange-nerved

Treatment on page 26. Stems moderately to densely villous-puberulent, hairs glandular-viscid, mixed with stipitate-glandular hairs. Leaves: petiole 1–7

annual. Stems erect, (30–) 60–370 mm, densely glandular-pubescent with viscid hairs. Leaves usually cauline, relatively even-sized or largest proximally

rooting adventitiously at nodes, to 25 m, usually sparsely hirsute with puberulent understory of gland-tipped hairs, sometimes without hirsute overstory

base spatulate, apex acute to obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces, rarely puberulent; cauline in 2–4 pairs, broadly petiolate to sessile, reduced distally