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Calyptocarpus
Family: Asteraceae
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John L. Strother in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Perennials, to 30 cm. Stems prostrate to decumbent, branched throughout. Leaves cauline; opposite; petiolate; blades (± 3-nerved) deltate to ovate or lanceolate, bases cuneate to truncate, margins toothed, faces ± scabrellous. Heads radiate, borne singly (in axils). Involucres obconic, 3-8 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent, 5 in 1(-2) series (linear to lanceolate, herbaceous). Receptacles convex, paleate (paleae persistent, scarious). Ray florets 3-8, pistillate, fertile; corollas pale yellow. Disc florets 10-20, bisexual, fertile; corollas yellow, tubes shorter than funnelform throats, lobes 4-5, ± deltate. Cypselae compressed or flattened, cuneate (faces often tuberculate); pappi persistent, of 2(-5+) stout awns. x = 12.
Species within checklist: Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert Network
Calyptocarpus vialis
Image of Calyptocarpus vialis
The National Science Foundation
Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)
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