Acourtia wrightii

(A. Gray) Reveal & R. M. King

Phytologia 27: 232. 1973.

Common names: Brownfoot
Basionym: Perezia wrightii A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 127. 1852
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 74. Mentioned on page 73.

Plants 30–120 cm. Leaves cauline; sessile; blades oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 2.5–13 cm, bases sagittate or clasping, margins dentate to denticulate, faces minutely stipitate-glandular and/or hirtellous (reticulate). Heads in corymbiform arrays. Involucres turbinate, 5–8 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, linear to lanceolate, margins fimbrillate-glandular, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous or glandular-hairy. Receptacles reticulate (edges of sockets glandular). Florets 8–12; corollas pink or purple, 9–20 mm. Cypselae linear-fusiform, 2–6 mm, glandular-puberulent; pappi bright white, 9–12 mm. 2n = 54.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Nov.
Habitat: Gravel, caliche, or sandy loamy soils in open desert (Lower Sonoran Desert)
Elevation: 400–1400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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glandular-hairy +  and glabrous +
obtuse;acute +
scarious +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Beryl B. Simpson +
(A. Gray) Reveal & R. M. King +
rounded +  and elongate +
sagittate +
Perezia wrightii +
compound +  and simple +
oblong-lanceolate;elliptic-oblong +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
ribbed;smooth +
less barbellate +  and nearly smooth +
white +  and tan +
Brownfoot +
purple +  and pink +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
ribbed +  and not beaked +
glandular-puberulent +
linear-fusiform +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Sonora) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
400–1400 m +
hirtellous +  and stipitate-glandular +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
fertile +  and bisexual +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Gravel, caliche, or sandy loamy soils in open desert (Lower Sonoran Desert) +
in paniculiform or corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
serrate +  and dentate +
dentate +  and denticulate +
2-carpellate +
bright white +
persistent +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Nov. +
connate +  and distinct +
reticulate +, alveolate +  and foveolate +
convex;flat;convex;flat;concave +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
plumose +, subulate +  and setiform +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Acourtia wrightii +
Acourtia +
species +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +