Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia
Common names: Mojave woody-aster
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 409.
Stems, leaves, and involucres piloso-villous to puberulent, finely stipitate-glandular. Leaf margins piloso-villous. 2n = 12, 24.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May(–Jun).
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes and flats, often over clay, alkaline, barren areas dominated by creosote bush, sagebrush, shadscale
Elevation: 200–2000 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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introrse +
connate +
distinct +
herbaceous +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
subclasping +
not clasping +
attenuate +
1-nerved +
linear;lanceolate or oblanceolate oblong or narrowly elliptic +
ribbed +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
tawny +
persistent +
30;45 +
unequal +
absent +
Mojave woody-aster +
white +
lavender +
absent +
monomorphic +
4-ribbed +
dimorphic +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Sandy or gravelly slopes and flats, often over clay, alkaline, barren areas dominated by creosote bush, sagebrush, shadscale +
singly +
indeterminate +
Present +
surrounding +
campanulate;hemispheric +
lanceolate;elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate +
3mm;20mm +
alternate +
cauline +
spreading +
triangular +
spinulose-toothed +
scarious +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
1-nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
lanceolate +
unequal +
Pittonia +
1896 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
pitted +
concave;usually flat;conic +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
2;3 +
alternate +
branched +
erect +
lanceolate +
2-branched +
glabrous +
Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia +
Xylorhiza tortifolia +
variety +
shorter +
shorter to longer +
perennial +
subshrub +