Anisocoma acaulis

Torrey & A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 111, plate 13, figs. 7–11. 1845.

Common names: Scalebud
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 310. Mentioned on page 308.

Leaves: blades 2–7 cm, lobes oblong to triangular, abaxially ± floccose-tomentose, glabrate in age. Heads 3–5+ cm diam., nodding in bud. Paleae 7-–13 mm, persistent after cypselae have fallen. Involucres broadly cylindric to campanulate, 15–35 mm. Phyllaries often with reddish tips and dots, outer broadly rounded, 2–6 mm, inner 15–35 mm. Cypselae 4–7 mm; pappi 20–27 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Sandy washes, dry slopes, chaparral, pine-oak-juniper woodlands, montane coniferous forests
Elevation: 20–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Anisocoma acaulis grows on the southwestern fringe of the Great Basin and in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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David J. Keil +
Torrey & A. Gray +
Scalebud +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
20–2400 m +
Sandy washes, dry slopes, chaparral, pine-oak-juniper woodlands, montane coniferous forests +
Flowering Mar–May. +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
Illustrated +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Anisocoma acaulis +
Anisocoma +
species +