Toiyabea alpina
Sida 21: 1653. 2005.
Common names: Alpine serpentweed
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Haplopappus alpinus L. C. Anderson & Goodrich Great Basin Naturalist 40: 73, figs. 1, 3. 1980
Synonyms: Tonestus alpinus (L. C. Anderson & Goodrich) G. L. Nesom & D. R. Morgan
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 173.
Leaves ascending to spreading, blades 30–70 × 8–36 mm, bases attenuate to cuneate, clasping (more so in distal leaves), apices acute to attenuate; cauline ± sessile, reduced distally. Disc-florets: corollas 5.8–7.6 mm, lobes 1–1.6 mm; anthers yellow, ca. 2.6 mm; style-branches 1.8–2.5 mm, stigmatic lines nearly as long as appendages, appendages 1.2–1.7 mm. Cypselae 4–5 mm; pappi 6–7 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering mid summer–fall.
Habitat: Rocky terrain near and above treeline
Elevation: 2500–3500 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Toiyabea alpina is found in the Toiyabea and Toquima mountains of southern Nevada.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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yellow +
introrse +
connate +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (?) +
distinct +
herbaceous +
acute;attenuate +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
1.2mm;1.7mm +
cymiform +
continuous +
clasping +
ribbed +
1.8mm;2.5mm +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
persistent +
absent +
sessile +
reduced +
parallel +
gland-dotted +
evident +
smaller +
parallel +
gland-dotted +
evident +
smaller +
parallel +
gland-dotted +
evident +
smaller +
Alpine serpentweed +
golden yellow +
absent +
4-5-nerved +
dimorphic +
4mm;5mm +
staminate +
Nev. +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
discoid +
singly +
indeterminate +
stipitate-glandular +
Present +
lanceolate-spatulate +
surrounding +
campanulate;hemispheric +
sessile +
alternate +
spreading;recurved +
lanceolate +
? (?) +
ciliolate +
prominent +
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2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
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absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
subequal +
petiolate +
Sida +
2005 +
absent +
sterile +
epaleate +
pitted +
convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;2;3 +
alternate +
simple +
erect +
lanceolate +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Toiyabea alpina +
Toiyabea +
species +
shorter +
perennial +