Rafinesquia neomexicana
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 103. 1853.
Plants 15–60 cm. Involucres 18–25 mm. Ligules surpassing phyllaries by 15–20 mm. Cypselae 12–18 (–20) mm, including relatively stout beaks 3–6 mm; pappi of 15–21, plumose (proximal 65–80%) bristles, barbs crooked, entangled. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Open sites, sandy soils, gravelly clay loams in Lower and Upper Sonoran Zones, often in Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland, Mojave and Colorado deserts
Elevation: 200–1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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tailed +
introrse +
connate +
acuminate +
scarious +
developed +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
persistent +
falling +
continuous +
entangled +
crooked +
decurrent +
stout +
lobed;oblong;oblanceolate +
winged +
ribbed +
tapering +
8;14 +
unequal +
filiform +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
15;21 +
coarse +
absent +
sessile +
auriculate +
Desert chicory +
white +
monomorphic +
fusiform +
3mm;6mm +
bractlike +
smaller +
straight +
distinct +
ligulate +
proximal +
15;30 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Open sites, sandy soils, gravelly clay loams in Lower and Upper Sonoran Zones, often in Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland, Mojave and Colorado deserts +
antrorse +
subsessile +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
Present +
glabrous +
surrounding +
cylindro-conic +
alternate +
prickly +
scarious +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
persistent +
equal +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
1853 +
epaleate +
glabrous +
flat;convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;1 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
erect +
glabrous +
2-branched +
hirsute +
papillate +
Rafinesquia neomexicana +
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taprooted +
annual +