Flora of North America species comparison

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Astranthium ciliatum

Comanche western-daisy, entireleaf western daisy
Habit Annuals, usually narrowly taprooted.
Stems

usually 1, erect to decumbent-ascending.
Leaves

basal and proximal cauline 15–40(–50) × 3–11(–14) mm.
Involucres

(2–)2.5–4.5 mm.
Ray florets

(7–)13–24;

corolla laminae white, occasionally drying with bluish midstripe abaxially, (4–)6–10(–12) mm.
Disc floret

corollas 2–3 mm.
Cypselae

1–1.6 × 0.6–0.8 mm, faces minutely longitudinally striate, otherwise nearly smooth, rarely papillate-pebbly, uniformly sparsely to densely glochidiate-hairy.
2n

= 8.

Astranthium ciliatum
Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Open sandy sites, less commonly in loam or clay, oak and oak-hickory woodlands, roadsides, pastures, grassland, also occasionally (Ark., Okla.) on rocky ridges, limestone outcrops, gravelly stream bottoms
Elevation 10–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; KS; MO; OK; TX; Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 204.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Astranthium
Sibling taxa
A. integrifolium, A. robustum
Synonyms Bellis ciliata, A. integrifolium subsp. ciliatum, A. integrifolium var. ciliatum, A. integrifolium var. triflorum
Name authority (Rafinesque) G. L. Nesom: Sida 21: 2016. (2005)
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