Psacalium decompositum

(A. Gray) H. Robinson & Brettell

Phytologia 27: 260. 1973.

Illustrated
Basionym: Cacalia decomposita A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 99. 1853
Synonyms: Mesadenia decomposita (A. Gray) Standley Odontotrichum decompositum (A. Gray) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 622.

Perennials; caudices thick, tough. Stems subscapiform, densely hairy proximally, sparsely hairy to subglabrous distally. Leaves mostly basal; petiole lengths ± equaling blades; blades ovate or elliptic, 20–30 (–40) cm, nearly as wide, deeply 3–4-pinnatisect, ultimate lobes narrowly triangular to oblong, acute; mid and distal leaves progressively smaller, bractlike. Calyculi: bractlets 2–4 mm. Phyllaries (4–) 5–7 mm. Corollas 7–9 mm. Cypselae 4–5 mm; pappi 4–7 mm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat: Shady sites, open woodlands
Elevation: 1700–2600 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Psacalium decompositum barely enters the flora area in Arizona and New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wide" is not a number.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
rounded-truncate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Theodore M. Barkley† +
(A. Gray) H. Robinson & Brettell +
decurrent +
Cacalia decomposita +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
acute;elliptic;ovate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
creamy +  and white +
ochroleucous +  and white +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
compressed +  and ellipsoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Durango) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
1700–2600 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Shady sites, open woodlands +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
cylindric;weakly turbinate +
ascending;spreading +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–early fall. +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
oblong +, obovate +  and ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
sparsely hairy +  and subglabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Mesadenia decomposita +  and Odontotrichum decompositum +
Psacalium decompositum +
Psacalium +
species +
campanulate +
narrowly triangular;oblong +
toothed +  and entire +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
vine +, tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +