Rayjacksonia phyllocephala

(de Candolle) R. L. Hartman & M. L. Lane

Amer. J. Bot. 83: 369. 1996.

Common names: Gulf Coast camphor-daisy
Illustrated
Basionym: Haplopappus phyllocephalus de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 347. 1836 (as Aplopappus)
Synonyms: Haplopappus phyllocephalus var. megacephalus (Nash) Waterfall Machaeranthera phyllocephala (Nash) Small Machaeranthera phyllocephala var. megacephala (Nash) Shinners Sideranthus megacephalus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 439. Mentioned on page 438.

Annuals or perennials, 10–70 (–100) cm, herbaceous to suffrutescent. Leaf-blades oblong to oblanceolate, midcauline (2.5–) 4–13 mm wide. Heads essentially sessile, often surpassed by distal leaves that continue to very base of heads. Involucres (6–) 10–15 × 12–30 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, loose, subequal, apices erect to spreading, 1.3–1.7 mm wide, herbaceous. Ray-florets 17–38; corollas 8.5–19 mm. Disc-florets: corolla-tubes longer than limbs. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering (Jul–)Sep–Dec (sporadically Feb–Jun).
Habitat: Sandy sites, along waterways, canal banks, dunes, beaches, salt flats
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Colo., Fla., La., Tex., Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
subequal +
scarious +
1.3mm +  and 1.7mm +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
subcorymbo-cymiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(de Candolle) R. L. Hartman & M. L. Lane +
decurrent +
Haplopappus phyllocephalus +
linear;oblanceolate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Gulf Coast camphor-daisy +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, less columnar +  and prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
compressed;broadly ellipsoid;clavate +
Colo. +, Fla. +, La. +, Tex. +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0–10 m +
strigoso-sericeous +, glandular +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy sites, along waterways, canal banks, dunes, beaches, salt flats +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
taprooted +  and sessile +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
each +  and sessile +
thick-flattened +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
oblong;oblanceolate +
sessile +  and subpetiolate +
triangular +
entire +  and serrate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering (Jul–)Sep–Dec (sporadically Feb–Jun). +
Amer. J. Bot. +
3-angled;broadly ellipsoid;obovoid +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
jackson1981a +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
erect +  and decumbent-ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Haplopappus phyllocephalus var. megacephalus +, Machaeranthera phyllocephala +, Machaeranthera phyllocephala var. megacephala +  and Sideranthus megacephalus +
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala +
Rayjacksonia +
species +
ampliate +
spreading +  and reflexed +
linear +  and lanceolate or ovatelanceolate +
subequal +
white-indurate +
70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
herbaceous +  and suffrutescent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +