Calyptocarpus

Lessing

Syn. Gen. Compos., 221. 1832.

Etymology: Greek kalypto, covered or hidden, and karpos, fruit
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 133. Mentioned on page 65, 67.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA21 P22 Calyptocarpus vialis.jpegCalyptocarpus vialis
Lasianthaea podocephala
Lagascea decipiens var. decipiens
Marjorie C. Leggitt
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Barbara Alongi

Perennials, to 30 cm. Stems prostrate to decumbent, branched throughout. Leaves cauline; opposite; petiolate; blades (± 3-nerved) deltate to ovate or lanceolate, bases cuneate to truncate, margins toothed, faces ± scabrellous. Heads radiate, borne singly (in axils). Involucres obconic, 3–8 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent, 5 in 1 (–2) series (linear to lanceolate, herbaceous). Receptacles convex, paleate (paleae persistent, scarious). Ray-florets 3–8, pistillate, fertile; corollas pale-yellow. Disc-florets 10–20, bisexual, fertile; corollas yellow, tubes shorter than funnelform throats, lobes 4–5, ± deltate. Cypselae compressed or flattened, cuneate (faces often tuberculate); pappi persistent, of 2 (–5+) stout awns. x = 12.

Distribution

s United States, Mexico, Central America

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Calyptocarpus"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Lessing +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
cuneate +  and truncate +
compound +  and simple +
deltate;ovate or lanceolate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
yellow +  and pale-yellow +
hairy +  and glabrous +
cuneate +, flattened +  and compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
s United States +, Mexico +  and Central America +
Greek kalypto, covered or hidden, and karpos, fruit +
stipitate-glandular +, hairy +  and glabrous +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
unequal +  and subequal +
Syn. Gen. Compos., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
prostrate +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Calyptocarpus +
Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +