Monoptilon bellidiforme
Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 106, plate 13, figs. 1–6. 1845.
Common names: Daisy desertstar
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 210.
Stems yellow-green. Phyllary margins herbaceous. Disc-floret corollas loosely strigose proximally. Pappi scarious cups 0.1–0.4 mm plus 1 apically plumose bristle usually equaling disc corollas, rarely the bristle reduced or almost absent. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly flats, pinyon pine or pine-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 700–1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
oblong;oblanceolate-spatulate +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
persistent +
absent +
reduced +
absent +
Daisy desertstar +
absent +
scarious +
monomorphic +
2-ribbed +
dimorphic +
strigose +
equaling +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
taprooted +
hispido-hirsute +
Present +
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campanulate +
petiolate +
alternate +
reflexed +
lanceolate +
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appressed +
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falling +
linear-lanceolate +
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Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
1845 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
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fibrous +
exalbuminous +
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2;1 +
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yellow-green +
2-branched +
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Monoptilon bellidiforme +
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species +
much shorter than narrowly tubular-funnelform +
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