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eastern western-daisy, entireleaf western daisy

Comanche western-daisy, entireleaf western daisy

Habit Annuals (biennials?), usually fibrous-rooted. Annuals, usually narrowly taprooted.
Stems

usually 1, erect to decumbent-ascending.

usually 1, erect to decumbent-ascending.

Leaves

basal and proximal cauline 30–60 × 7–22 mm.

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

Involucres

3.5–6 mm.

(2–)2.5–4.5 mm.

Ray florets

(8–)16–26;

corolla laminae white, occasionally drying with bluish midstripe abaxially, (6–)8–17 mm.

(7–)13–24;

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

Disc floret

corollas 2.5–3.7 mm.

corollas 2–3 mm.

Cypselae

(1.4–)1.6–2(–2.2) × 0.9–1.1 mm, faces minutely papillate-pebbly, linear striations barely discernible, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glochidiate-hairy distally.

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.

= 8.

Astranthium integrifolium

Astranthium ciliatum

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Rocky (limestone) banks and ridges, alluvial fields, stream banks and terraces, open juniper woods, glades, roadsides 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 50–300 m (200–1000 ft) 10–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; KY; MS; TN
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from FNA
AR; KS; MO; OK; TX; Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 204. FNA vol. 20, p. 204.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Astranthium Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Astranthium
Sibling taxa
A. ciliatum, A. robustum
A. integrifolium, A. robustum
Synonyms Bellis integrifolia Bellis ciliata, A. integrifolium subsp. ciliatum, A. integrifolium var. ciliatum, A. integrifolium var. triflorum
Name authority (Michaux) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 312. (1840) (Rafinesque) G. L. Nesom: Sida 21: 2016. (2005)
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