Conoclinium dissectum

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 88. 1852.

Common names: Palm-leaf mistflower
Synonyms: Conoclinium greggii (A. Gray) Small Eupatorium greggii A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 479. Mentioned on page 478.

Stems erect (often from knotty crowns, sometimes basally lignescent). Leaf-blades ovate-deltate to ovate, 1.5–4 cm, bases attenuate, margins dissected or lobed, apices pointed or rounded. Phyllaries 3.5–5 mm. Corollas blue to lavender or purple, 2.5–3.5 mm. Cypselae 1.8–2.5 mm, hispidulous; pappi: bristle tips not dilated. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug, Oct–Nov.
Habitat: Waterways, depressions and ditches, dry sandy or rocky soil, mesquite, creosote bush-mesquite
Elevation: 400–1400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

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... more about "Conoclinium dissectum"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
rounded;pointed +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Thomas F. Patterson +  and Guy L. Nesom +
A. Gray +
attenuate +
not enlarged +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
ovate-deltate +  and ovate +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
triangular;oblong;triangular;oblong;ovate-deltate;ovate;oblanceolate;deltate +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform;linear-clavate +
not dilated +
Palm-leaf mistflower +
blue +  and lavender or purple +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Sonora) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
400–1400 m +
glabrate +  and puberulous villosulous or hispidulous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Waterways, depressions and ditches, dry sandy or rocky soil, mesquite, creosote bush-mesquite +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
lobed +  and dissected +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Apr–Aug, Oct–Nov. +
subequal +  and unequal +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Conoclinium greggii +  and Eupatorium greggii +
Conoclinium dissectum +
Conoclinium +
species +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +