Description
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Leaf blades 1–6 × 1–4 cm. Peduncles (3–)5–20 mm, stipitate-glandular (at least distally). Disc corollas ca. 5 mm. Cypselae 2.5–3.5 mm; pappus bristles 1–3 mm. 2n = 38.
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Synonym
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Psathyrotes scaposa A. Gray, Smith-sonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 100, plate 13. 1853; Pseudobartlettia scaposa (A. Gray) Rydberg
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Comprehensive Description
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Pseudobartlettia scaposa (A. Gray) Rydberg
Psathyrotes scaposa A. Gray. PI. Wright. 2: 100. 1853.
A subscapose annual or biennial; leaves all basal or nearly so; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; blades ovate, 3-ribbed, loosely floccose, acute, 1-3 cm. long; stem-leaves, if present, near the base and smaller; scapiform stems several, bearing 3-6 heads, puberulent; involucre 5-6 mm. high and as broad; bracts 12-16, linear-lanceolate, glandular-puberulent; flowers 30-40; corolla 4 mm. long, light-yellow, glandular-puberulent, the tube and lobes each less than 0.5 mm. long; achenes 3 mm. long, brown, sparingly hirsute; pappus-bristles reddish, the longest 3 mm. long.
Type locality: Stony hills above El Paso.
Distribution: Borders of Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua.
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- Per Axel Rydberg. 1927. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; LIABEAE, NEUROLAENEAE, SENECIONEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 34(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
