Xanthisma gypsophilum

(B. L. Turner) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman

Sida 20: 1404. 2003.

Basionym: Machaeranthera gypsophila B. L. Turner Phytologia 26: 117. 1973
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 389. Mentioned on page 384.
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Subshrubs, 15–50 cm; caudices branched, taproots 4–15+ cm. Stems 5–10+, often branched in distal 1/3, moderately stout to stout, not wiry, hispid or minutely stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal withering by flowering; cauline evenly spaced, blades narrowly to broadly oblong to obovate, 5–60 × 2–10 mm, gradually reduced distally, margins unevenly, often coarsely serrate, teeth 5–14 per side, each with white bristle 0.5–2 mm, faces hispidulous and often stipitate-glandular. Peduncles moderately to densely stipitate-glandular, usually ebracteate. Involucres depressed-hemispheric, 0.4–0.7 × 0.9–1.5 cm. Phyllaries in 4–6 series, broadly linear to lanceolate, 1.5–7 mm, apices obtuse to short-acuminate, tipped by white seta, faces densely stipitate-glandular. Ray florets 12–28; corollas usually white, often pink- or purple-tinged abaxially, rarely purple, tubes 1.5–3.2 mm, laminae 8–18.5 × 1.9–4.7 mm. Disc florets 50–120+; corollas 4–6.1 mm. Cypselae oblong to obovoid, 1.5–2.6 mm, 8–14-ribbed, faces moderately to densely whitish to tawny hairy; pappi whitish to tawny, 1.3–5 mm, a few abaxial bristles to 1/3 of longest. 2n = 8.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Gypseous, calcareous, or sandy plains, badlands, outcrops
Elevation: 900–2400 m

Distribution

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N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosí).

Discussion

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... more about "Xanthisma gypsophilum"
Ronald L. Hartman +
(B. L. Turner) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman +
Machaeranthera gypsophila +
N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +, Coahuila +, Durango +  and San Luis Potosí). +
900–2400 m +
Gypseous, calcareous, or sandy plains, badlands, outcrops +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Undefined sect. Eriocarpum +  and Machaeranthera sect. Blepharodon +
Xanthisma gypsophilum +
Xanthisma sect. Blepharodon +
species +