Pityopsis graminifolia var. aequilifolia

F. D. Bowers & Semple

Phytologia 58: 430. 1985.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 226. Mentioned on page 227.

Cauline leaves: mid and distal crowded, greatly overlapping, lanceolate to ovate, 35–70 × 6–12 mm, little reduced distally. Involucres 6–8 mm. Phyllary faces sparsely to moderately (rarely densely) sericeous proximally and distally, eglandular. Ray-florets 7–10; laminae 4.6–6.1 mm. Disc-florets 15–20; corollas 3.2–4.5 mm, lobes 0.4–0.7 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Sandy soils
Elevation: 10–40 m

Discussion

Narrower leaved plants of var. aequilifolia are similar to var. tenuifolia, with which it hybridizes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform to sometimes +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +
F. D. Bowers & Semple +
decurrent +
Inula graminifolia +
3-11-parallel-nerved +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
light tan +  and light rust +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
20 (?) +  and 60 (?) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
ampliate +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
10–40 m +
stipitate-glandular +, pilose +  and silvery-sericeous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy soils +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
turbino-campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (0.61 cm6.1 mm <br />0.0061 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
long-pilose +
erect;spreading +
deltate +
fimbriate +
overlapping +  and crowded +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering late summer–early fall. +
lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
erose-fimbrillate +, linear +  and linear-triangular +
exalbuminous +
green +  and brown +
silvery-sericeous +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Chrysopsis graminifolia +  and Heterotheca graminifolia +
Pityopsis graminifolia var. aequilifolia +
Pityopsis graminifolia +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +