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Schkuhria pinnata

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Name

Identification
Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Cabrera [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Schkuhria pinnata

Flora

Entry for Schkuhria pinnata (Lamarck) Kuntze ex Thellung [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 21,
Names
Schkuhria pinnata (Lamarck) Kuntze ex Thellung [family COMPOSITAE], Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., 11: 308. 1912
Pectis pinnata Lamarck [family COMPOSITAE], J. Hist. Nat., 2: 150, plate 31. 1792
Schkuhria anthemoidea (de Candolle) J. M. Coulter [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria anthemoidea var. wislizeni (A. Gray) Heiser [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria anthemoidea var. wrightii (A. Gray) Heiser [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria virgata (La Llave & Lexarza) de Candolle [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria wislizeni A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria wislizeni var. frustrata S. F. Blake [family COMPOSITAE]
Schkuhria wislizeni var. wrightii (A. Gray) S. F. Blake [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
John L. Strother
Information
Plants (10–)25–40(–70+) cm. Stems usually strictly erect. Leaves mostly 10–25(–40) mm; blades linear or lobed (lobes 3–7+, linear to filiform), faces scaberulous (hairs ± conic, 0.1 mm) and gland-dotted. Peduncles mostly (3–)8–25(–30+) mm. Involucres obconic or obpyramidal, 4–6+ mm (each often subtended by 1–3, lanceolate bractlets). Phyllaries 4–6, green to purple, weakly carinate, oblanceolate to obovate, gland-dotted, otherwise usually glabrous. Ray florets usually 1(–2), sometimes 0; corollas yellow to white, laminae 0.8–1.2+ mm. Disc florets 2–6(–8+); corollas yellow (sometimes with purple), 1.5–2 mm. Cypselae blackish to buff, 3–4 mm, hirsutulous to villous, especially on angles; pappi of 8 white to tawny or purplish, obovate-rounded or elliptic to lanceolate scales 1–2.5 mm (sometimes some or all ± aristate). 2n = 20, 22, 40.
Phenology
sep-oct (fall)
Altitude range
1500–2100 m;
Distribution
MexicoCentral AmericaSouth America.USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.
Discussion
Schkuhria pinnata has been noted as persisting after plantings in Maine. Schkuhria pinnata (Lamarck) Kuntze var. wislizeni (A. Gray) B. L. Turner is a superfluous, illegitimate, name intended to refer to North American plants of S. pinnata.

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