Verbesina dissita

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 299. 1885.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 111. Mentioned on page 107.

Plants 50–150+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± rhombic to ovate, 5–12+ × 3–6+ cm, bases rounded to cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices ± acute, faces ± scabrellous. Heads borne singly or (2–)5–15+ in loose, corymbiform arrays. Involucres ± hemispheric, 10–20+ mm diam. Phyllaries 24–30+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, spatulate or oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5–12+ mm. Ray florets 10–13; laminae 12–25+ mm. Disc florets 60–100+; corollas yellow. Cypselae dark brown, narrowly lance-elliptic, 8–10 mm, faces glabrous or sparsely hirtellous; pappi 3–4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May.
Habitat: Chaparral or coastal scrub
Elevation: 30–200 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Verbesina dissita"
John L. Strother +
A. Gray +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
30–200 m +
Chaparral or coastal scrub +
Flowering May. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Verbesina dissita +
Verbesina +
species +