Stevia lemmonii
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 204. 1882.
Common names: Lemmon’s candyleaf
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 484.
Shrubs or subshrubs, 40–100 cm. Leaves opposite; petioles (0–) 3–6 mm; blades elliptic-oblong to lance-elliptic, 3–8 cm, margins serrate or entire. Heads in ± congested, compact clusters. Peduncles 0 or 1–2 mm, hirsutulous. Involucres 5–6 mm. Phyllaries densely stipitate-glandular and sparsely villous to hispid, apices acute. Corollas white, lobes hispidulous. Pappi coroniform (scales shorter than corollas).
Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Apr–May(–Sep).
Habitat: Rocky slopes, road cuts, streamsides, oak-juniper, pine-oak, and cottonwood-sycamore woodlands
Elevation: 900–1700 m
Distribution
Ariz., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Sinaloa), Mexico (Sonora)
Discussion
Stevia hispidula (Grashoff) B. L. Turner, based on S. lemmonii var. hispidula Grashoff, is illegitimate; it is a later homonym of S. hispidula de Candolle.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"fine" is not a number.
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introrse +
connate +
acute +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
glabrous +
decurrent +
lance-elliptic +
elliptic-oblong;lance-elliptic +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
coarse +
absent +
Lemmon’s candyleaf +
not 2-lipped +
white +
monomorphic +
5-ribbed +
scabrellous +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
Rocky slopes, road cuts, streamsides, oak-juniper, pine-oak, and cottonwood-sycamore woodlands +
discoid +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
surrounding +
cylindric +
opposite +
cauline +
hispidulous +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
coroniform +
absent +
hirsutulous +
1-2 mm +
tough +
thick +
connate +
2-3-nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
equal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1882 +
absent +
epaleate +
convex;flat +
fibrous +
muticous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;2 +
alternate +
branched +
erect +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Stevia lemmonii +
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