Flora of North America species comparison

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Viguiera cordifolia

heartleaf goldeneye, mountain goldeneye
Habit Perennials, 50–100 cm.
Leaves

opposite (proximal) or alternate (distal);

petioles 1–8 mm;

blades ovate to deltate-ovate or lanceolate (distal), 2–10 × 1.3–7 cm, margins serrate or serrulate, faces strigose.
Peduncles

1–15 cm.
Involucres

11–15 × 7–15 mm.
Ray florets

6–8;

tubes 1.5–2 mm, laminae 9–19 mm.
Disc florets

40+;

corollas 5.5–6.6 mm (staminal filaments glabrous).
Heads

borne singly or 2–9 in ± corymbiform arrays.
Cypselae

5–6.5 mm, ± strigose;

pappi of 2 lacerate, aristate scales 5–5.5 mm plus 2–4 lacerate scales 0.5–1.3 mm.
Phyllary

apices gradually narrowed.
Paleae

8–11 mm, apices acuminate, shortly cuspidate.
2n

= 34.

Viguiera cordifolia
Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Dry slopes and canyons, mostly pine forests and limestone soils
Elevation 1300–2700 m (4300–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 173.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Helianthinae > Viguiera
Sibling taxa
V. dentata, V. stenoloba
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 107. (1852)
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