Ionactis elegans

(Soreng & Spellenberg) G. L. Nesom

Phytologia 73: 420. 1992.

Common names: Sierra Blanca ankle-aster least-daisy
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Chaetopappa elegans Soreng & Spellenberg Syst. Bot. 9: 1. 1984
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 83. Mentioned on page 82.
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Plants 3–5(–9) cm (with relatively short caudex branches, cespitose; taprooted). Stems proximally herbaceous or slightly woody, eglandular. Leaves: proximal densely clustered, internodes not visible, reduced in size distally; mid and distal 5–17 mm, margins green, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent, eglandular. Heads 1(–3). Involucres 4.5–6.5 mm. Disc florets bisexual, fertile; corollas 3.8–5 mm. Cypselae 2–2.5 mm, faces sessile- to stipitate-glandular. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Granite outcrops
Elevation: 2500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Ionactis elegans is known from a single population system in Eagle Creek Canyon, Lincoln County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.