Nicolletia occidentalis

A. Gray in J. C. Frémont

in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., 316. 1845.

Common names: Hole-in-the-sand plant
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 232. Mentioned on page 231.

Perennials, (5–) 10–29 cm (deeply taprooted). Stems erect. Leaf-blades 20–70 mm overall, lobes 5–11, ± quadrate to linear, rachis widths mostly 2–3 times lobe widths. Peduncles 2–10 mm. Calyculi of 2–4 bractlets 4–8 mm. Involucres turbinate to cylindric, 14–18 mm. Phyllaries 8–12, linear to ovate. Ray-florets 8–12, laminae 4–9 × 2.5–4 mm. Disc-florets (30–) 60–100+; corollas yellow, purple-tipped, 8–9.5 mm. Cypselae 7–9 mm; pappi: bristles 3–7 mm, scales 6–8 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Deep sands of fans and floors of desert washes
Elevation: 600–1400 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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"-3timeslobewidths" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Nicolletia occidentalis"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
darkened +  and pale +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
A. Gray in J. C. Frémont +
decurrent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
compound +  and simple +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
deltate;lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Hole-in-the-sand plant +
purple-tipped +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
600–1400 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Deep sands of fans and floors of desert washes +
cymiform +, corymbiform +, discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
turbinate;cylindric +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
2.5mm;4mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
less quadrate +  and linear +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
coroniform +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
8 +  and 12 +
in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;conic +
1-aristate +  and lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Tageteae +
Nicolletia occidentalis +
Nicolletia +
species +
cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (29 cm290 mm <br />0.29 m <br />) +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +