View source for Varilla ← Varilla You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Varilla |accepted_authority=A. Gray |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. |place=4: 106. 1849 |year=1849 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae;Varilla |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 Varillinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Varilla]]</div></div> |etymology=Spanish varilla, rod or wand, a common name used in Mexico |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 251 |treatment_page=page 221 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>[shrubs], (10–)20–30+ cm (± succulent, sometimes rhizomatous). <b>Stems</b> erect. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; mostly alternate [opposite]; ± sessile; blades linear to filiform (± terete) [lance-linear], margins entire, faces glabrous (not gland-dotted). <b>Heads</b> discoid, borne singly [in corymbiform arrays]. <b>Involucres</b> obconic, [3–]5–8 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, [30–]45–60 in [2–]4–5 series ± appressed, lance-linear to subulate, unequal, resinous-nerved. <b>Receptacles</b> conic, paleate; paleae falling, linear, scarious, flat or weakly conduplicate, resinous-veined. <b>Ray</b> florets 0. <b>Disc</b> florets 60–150+, bisexual, fertile; corollas greenish yellow, tubes shorter than or about equaling campanulate to cylindric throats, lobes 5, narrowly deltate. <b>Cypselae</b> columnar to clavate, ribs 8–15, faces glabrous; pappi 0 [bristles]. <b>x</b> = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex.;Mexico. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Varilla |author=John L. Strother |authority=A. Gray |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=Tex.;Mexico. |reference=None |publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. |publication year=1849 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_536.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae |genus=Varilla }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Varillinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Varilla.