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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Arida carnosa
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sida
|place=20: 1413. 2003
|year=2003
}}
|common_names=Shrubby alkali tansy-aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Linosyris carnosa
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication_place=5(6): 80. 1853
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leucosyris carnosa
|authority=(A. Gray) Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leucosyris carnosa var. intricata
|authority=(A. Gray) Cronquist
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Machaeranthera carnosa
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Machaeranthera carnosa var. intricata
|authority=(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Arida;Arida carnosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arida carnosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 401, 402
|treatment_page=page 404
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> 10–90 cm (bushy); rhizomes elongate. <b>Stems</b> 1–10+, suberect to reclining or sprawling, slender, repeatedly branched throughout, divaricately so, glabrous, glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; sessile; proximal blades linear, 10–20 × 2–3 mm, distal greatly reduced, scalelike, (succulent) bases tapered, margins entire, apices apiculate to spinose, faces glabrous. <b>Heads</b> borne singly (terminal), in diffuse, bracteate, cymiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> 5–7 × 4–7 mm in flower. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 4–5 series, appressed or spreading, lanceolate, 2–8 mm, bases whitish to tan or tan throughout, margins entire to laciniate, apices often green, obtuse to acuminate, faces glabrous. <b>Ray</b> florets 0. <b>Disc</b> florets 12–25+; corollas yellow, 5–6 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> subcylindric, 2.5–3 mm, 7–9-nerved per face, faces sparsely sericeous; pappi whitish, setose, 4–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Alkaline flats, canyons, meadows
|elevation=100–1600 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Arida carnosa</i> is recognized by its subshrubby habit, glabrous, glaucous, and succulent stems, reduced scalelike leaves, and absence of ray florets. It occurs in or around alkaline salt flats, where it is associated with other salt-tolerant genera such as <i>Sarcobatus</i>, <i>Distichlis</i>, and <i>Atriplex</i>.</p>
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name=Arida carnosa
|authority=(A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leucosyris carnosa;Leucosyris carnosa var. intricata;Machaeranthera carnosa;Machaeranthera carnosa var. intricata
|basionyms=Linosyris carnosa
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Alkaline flats, canyons, meadows
|elevation=100–1600 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sida
|publication year=2003
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Arida
|species=Arida carnosa
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