Oracle Ridge Trail 7/14/16
Oracle Ridge Trail 7/14/16
Oracle Ridge Trail 7/14/16
Oracle Ridge Trail 6/29/17
Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Mexican Woollywhite.
Hymenopappus mexicanus
Aster (Asteraceae) family.
Perennials, 20-90 cm. Leaves: basal simple or 1-pinnate, 6-#20 cm, lobes 5-15+ × 1-9 mm; cauline 0 or 3-6. Heads 1-8(-20+) per stem. Peduncles 1-10 cm. Phyllaries yellowish to whitish or red-tinged, 6-9 × 2-3 mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 20-40; corollas yellow, 3-4.5 mm, tubes 2-2.5 mm, throats campanulate, 1-1.5 mm, lengths 3-4 times lobes. Cypselae 4-6 mm, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous; pappi of 12-20 scales 0.1-0.4 mm. 2n = 34.
Santa Catalina Mountains.
Oracle Ridge Trail.
7/30/15.
Notes: Oracle Ridge Trail 7/14/16, 6/29/17.
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