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|accepted_name=Simsia calva
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray & Engelmann) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=6: 228. 1850
|year=1850
}}
|common_names=Awnless bush sunflower
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Barrattia calva
|authority=A. Gray & Engelmann
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=1: 48. 1847
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae;Simsia;Simsia calva
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Simsia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Simsia calva]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>or subshrubs, 30–150 cm (roots ± fleshy, fusiform-thickened). <b>Leaves</b>: petiole bases dilated (pairs fused to form discs at nodes); blades ovate, 2–8 × 1.5–6 cm, sometimes 3-lobed. <b>Heads</b> usually borne singly, sometimes in 2s or 3s. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–30 cm. <b>Involucres</b> 10–12 × 7–16 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 21–43, subequal to unequal. <b>Ray</b> florets 8–21; corollas light orange-yellow (abaxial faces often brown- or purple-lined, or wholly brown or purple), laminae 5–16 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets (26–)90–154; anthers usually yellow, rarely black. <b>Cypselae</b> 3.5–5.7 mm; pappi 0 or to 4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Sand to heavy clay soils, rock crevices, often limestone, prairies, thickets, oak savannas, along streams, roadsides, upland pine or pine-oak forests
|elevation=30–2400 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Simsia calva</i> is widespread throughout central, southern, and southwestern Texas from the southern Texas Plains to the trans-Pecos mountains and into southeastern New Mexico.</p><!--
--><p><i>Simsia calva</i> is distinguished from <i>S. lagasceiformis</i> by its perennial habit, fusiform-thickened roots, petioles winged and fused at bases to form nodal discs, heads borne singly or in 2s or 3s, and anthers usually yellow, rarely black. The common name, awnless bush sunflower, is not truly appropriate. Most populations are epappose; some have minute scales, and some populations of <i>S. lagasceiformis</i> (normally pappose) are epappose.</p>
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name=Simsia calva
|authority=(A. Gray & Engelmann) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Barrattia calva
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Sand to heavy clay soils, rock crevices, often limestone, prairies, thickets, oak savannas, along streams, roadsides, upland pine or pine-oak forests
|elevation=30–2400 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1850
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae
|genus=Simsia
|species=Simsia calva
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