Fleischmannia sonorae

(A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson

Phytologia 28: 82. 1974.

Common names: Sonoran slender-thoroughwort
Basionym: Eupatorium sonorae A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 541.

Plants 30–80 cm. Stems erect to ascending-erect (not sprawling-scandent). Leaves: petioles 0.5–3 cm; blades deltate-ovate, 1.5–5 × 0.6–2 cm, bases broadly cuneate to subtruncate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apices acute to acuminate. Involucres (4–)5–6 mm. Phyllaries: ovate (outer) or elliptic (inner), glabrous, apices usually obtuse to rounded, rarely truncate. Corollas usually pale purple, rarely white. Cypselae 1–1.2(–1.5) mm, glabrous or glabrate.


Phenology: Flowering Sep–Dec.
Habitat: Rich soils, along streams, rocky slopes
Elevation: 800–1500 m

Discussion

Fleischmannia sonorae was reported for Arizona by T. H. Kearney and R. H. Peebles (1960) and F. Shreve and I. L. Wiggins (1964) as Eupatorium pycnocephalum Lessing [= Fleischmannia pycnocephala (Lessing) R. M. King & H. Robinson)]; revised concepts of this species group (B. L. Turner 1996+, vol. 2) place F. pycnocephala as a related species in Mexico and Central America, not reaching northwestward to Arizona.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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