Verbesina microptera

de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 616. 1836.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 108. Mentioned on page 106.

Plants 50–250 cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes winged). Leaves all or mostly alternate (proximal usually opposite); blades deltate-ovate or deltate to lanceolate, 4–10(–25+) × 2–6(–15) cm, bases broadly cuneate to ± truncate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices obtuse to acute, faces ± hirtellous. Heads 30–80+ in ± paniculiform arrays. Involucres ± hemispheric, 5–7 mm diam. Phyllaries 12–15+ in 2 series, ± erect, spatulate to linear, 2.5–4 mm. Ray florets (9–)10–12+; laminae 4–6 mm. Disc florets 20–25+; corollas ochroleucous or white. Cypselae dark brown to blackish, oblanceolate, 4–5 mm, faces ± hirtellous or glabrous; pappi 1.5–2+ mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jul–Sep(–Dec).
Habitat: Swales, disturbed sites
Elevation: 10–100 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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John L. Strother +
de Candolle +
Tex. +, Mexico (Nuevo León +  and Tamaulipas). +
10–100 m +
Swales, disturbed sites +
Flowering (May–)Jul–Sep(–Dec). +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
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 microptera +
Verbesina +
species +