Palafoxia integrifolia
Fl. N. Amer. 2: 369. 1842.
Endemic
Basionym: Polypteris integrifolia Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 139. 1818
Subshrubs or shrubs, 30–150 cm. Stems strigillose to glabrate, not stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades lanceolate to linear, 25–90 × 2–13 mm. Involucres broadly turbinate. Phyllaries 8–11 × 1–3.5 mm, unequal, glabrous or glabrate. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 10–26; corollas ± actinomorphic, 7–13 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes. Cypselae 5–6 mm; pappus scales of inner cypselae 4–7 mm. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering (spring–)late summer–fall.
Habitat: Sandy soils
Elevation: 0–50+ m
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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