Difference between revisions of "Parthenium confertum"

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 216. 1882.

Synonyms: Parthenium confertum var. divaricatum RollinsParthenium confertum var. lyratum (A. Gray) RollinsParthenium confertum var. microcephalum Rollins
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Biennials (sometimes flowering first year or persisting), 10–30(–60+) cm. Leaf blades ovate or rounded-deltate to elliptic, 30–80(–120+) × 10–20(–40+) mm, usually ± pinnately or sub-bipinnately lobed, ultimate margins entire, faces strigillose, usually also with erect hairs 1–2 mm and gland-dotted. Heads disciform or obscurely radiate, borne in open, ± paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 2–8(–12+) mm. Phyllaries: outer 5 lance-ovate to elliptic, 2.5–3+ mm, inner 5 ± orbiculate, 3–3.5 mm. Pistillate florets 5; corolla laminae 0 or ± coroniform, 0.1–0.5 mm. Disc florets 20–30+. Cypselae ± obovoid, 2–3 mm; pappus-like enations 2, ± erect, deltate to ovate, 0.5–1 mm (sometimes a third, subulate spur near apex adaxially). 2n = 36, 68, 72.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy plains, openings in mesquite grasslands
Elevation: 20–2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico.

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John L. Strother +
A. Gray +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Mexico. +
20–2000 m +
Sandy plains, openings in mesquite grasslands +
Flowering Mar–Oct. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Parthenium confertum var. divaricatum +, Parthenium confertum var. lyratum +  and Parthenium confertum var. microcephalum +
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