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accepted id

Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindley) G.L. Nesom

taxon name

Symphyotrichum falcatum

(Lindley) G.L. Nesom

FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

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taxon name

Symphyotrichum falcatum

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taxon authority

(Lindley) G.L. Nesom

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

white prairie aster (English)

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western heath aster (English)

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little grey aster (English)

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creeping white prairie aster (English)

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aster en faux (French)

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Western heath or white prairie aster (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

3536

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Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus (Rafinesque) G. L. Nesom

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

3151675

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

distribution

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-AZ

Ariz.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-KS

Kans.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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US-NM

N.Mex.

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US-NE

Nebr.

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US-OK

Okla.

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US-SD

S.Dak.

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US-TX

Tex.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WI

Wis.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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n Mexico

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taxon description fragment

with branched rhizomes or with ± cormoid, branched, woody caudices.

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d0_s1

Stems 1–5+, ascending to erect (grayish brown to brown), moderately to densely hairy.

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d0_s2

Leaves (light grayish green) firm, margins entire, strigose, apices ± spine-tipped;

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d0_s3

basal withering by flowering, sessile, blades oblanceolate, 10–40 × 3–10 mm, bases attenuate, margins usually entire, rarely remotely serrate, scabrous, apices acute to obtuse, rounded to mucronulate-spinose, faces glabrate to moderately strigose;

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d0_s4

proximal cauline sessile, blades linear-oblanceolate to oblong, 10–40 (–60) × 1.5–4 (–7) mm, reduced distally, bases cuneate, margins entire, coarsely ciliate, apices acute or obtuse, faces sparsely to densely appressed hispido-strigose;

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d0_s5

distal sessile, blades linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 25–45 × 2–3 mm, bases cuneate, margins entire, apices acute, faces moderately to densely strigose.

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d0_s6

Heads [(1–) 10–200+] in racemiform to diffuse-paniculiform arrays (1–10+ per branch, usually not crowded).

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d0_s7

Peduncles 0.2–4 cm, densely hairy, bracts 1–3+, linear to lanceolate, densely hairy.

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d0_s8

Involucres campanulate, (4.5–) 5–8 mm.

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d0_s9

Phyllaries in 3–4 series, outer oblanceolate to spatulate (1.5–2 mm), inner linear-lanceolate (3–4 mm), unequal, bases (whitish to tan) ± indurate in basal 1/2–3/4, margins hyaline, scabrous proximally, green zones diamond-shaped, in distal 1/4–1/2, apices (outer) acute to obtuse, clear spine-tipped, spreading to reflexed, (inner) acuminate to attenuate, faces sparsely to moderately hispid-strigose.

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d0_s10

Ray-florets (15–) 20–35;

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d0_s11

corollas usually white, sometimes blue or pink, laminae (8–) 18–30 × 1.1–1.4 mm.

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d0_s12

Disc-florets (8–) 18–30;

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d0_s13

corollas yellow becoming brown, 2–2.5 mm, lobes triangular, 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous.

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d0_s14

Cypselae dark-brown, obovoid, not compressed, 2–2.5 mm, faint-nerved, faces densely strigose;

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d0_s15

pappi whitish, 4.5–6 mm.

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d0_s16

morphology statement

stem caudex

cormoid

more or less

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d0_s1

stem caudex

branched

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d0_s1

stem caudex

texture

woody

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d0_s1

stem

1

5

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d0_s2

stem

orientation

ascending

erect

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d0_s2

stem

hairy

moderately to densely

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d0_s2

texture

firm

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d0_s3

entire

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d0_s3

strigose

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d0_s3

spine-tipped

more or less

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d0_s3

withering

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s4

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

10

40

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d0_s4

3

10

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d0_s4

attenuate

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d0_s4

entire

usually

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d0_s4

serrate

rarely remotely

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d0_s4

scabrous

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d0_s4

acute

obtuse rounded

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d0_s4

glabrate

moderately strigose

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s4

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

10

40

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d0_s4

3

10

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d0_s4

attenuate

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d0_s4

entire

usually

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d0_s4

serrate

rarely remotely

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d0_s4

scabrous

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d0_s4

acute

obtuse rounded

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d0_s4

glabrate

moderately strigose

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s4

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

10

40

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d0_s4

3

10

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d0_s4

attenuate

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d0_s4

entire

usually

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d0_s4

serrate

rarely remotely

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d0_s4

scabrous

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d0_s4

acute

obtuse rounded

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d0_s4

glabrate

moderately strigose

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s4

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

10

40

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d0_s4

3

10

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d0_s4

attenuate

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d0_s4

entire

usually

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d0_s4

serrate

rarely remotely

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d0_s4

scabrous

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d0_s4

acute

obtuse rounded

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d0_s4

glabrate

moderately strigose

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s4

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

10

40

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d0_s4

3

10

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d0_s4

attenuate

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d0_s4

entire

usually

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d0_s4

serrate

rarely remotely

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d0_s4

scabrous

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d0_s4

acute

obtuse rounded

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d0_s4

glabrate

moderately strigose

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d0_s4

sessile

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d0_s5

linear-oblanceolate

oblong

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d0_s5

atypical length

40

60

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d0_s5

10

40

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d0_s5

atypical width

4

7

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d0_s5

1.5

4

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d0_s5

size

reduced

distally

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d0_s5

cuneate

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d0_s5

entire

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d0_s5

ciliate

coarsely

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d0_s5

acute

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d0_s5

obtuse

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d0_s5

fixation

orientation

appressed

sparsely to densely

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d0_s5

hispido-strigose

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d0_s5

sessile

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d0_s6

linear-oblong

linear-lanceolate

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d0_s6

25

45

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d0_s6

2

3

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d0_s6

cuneate

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d0_s6

entire

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d0_s6

acute

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d0_s6

strigose

moderately to densely

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d0_s6

inflorescence peduncle

0.2

4

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle

hairy

densely

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

1

3

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

linear

lanceolate

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

hairy

densely

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d0_s8

inflorescence involucre

campanulate

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d0_s9

inflorescence involucre

atypical some measurement

4.5

5

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d0_s9

inflorescence involucre

5

8

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d0_s9

texture

indurate

more or less

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d0_s10

hyaline

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d0_s10

scabrous

proximally

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d0_s10

position

distal

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d0_s10

1/4

1/2

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d0_s10

hispid-strigose

sparsely to moderately

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d0_s10

position

distal

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d0_s10

1/4

1/2

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d0_s10

hispid-strigose

sparsely to moderately

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower ray-floret

atypical quantity

15

20

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower ray-floret

20

35

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d0_s11

white

usually

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d0_s12

blue

sometimes

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d0_s12

pink

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower ray lamina

atypical length

8

18

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower ray lamina

18

30

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower ray lamina

1.1

1.4

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d0_s12

yellow becoming brown

becoming

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d0_s14

2

2.5

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

triangular

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

0.7

1.2

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

glabrous

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d0_s14

strigose

densely

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d0_s15

fruit pappus

whitish

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d0_s16

fruit pappus

4.5

6

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d0_s16

stem rhizome

branched

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d0_s1

general structure head

atypical quantity

1

10

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d0_s7

general structure head

10

200

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d0_s7

general structure bundle array

racemiform

diffuse-paniculiform

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d0_s7

inflorescence flower disc-floret

atypical quantity

8

18

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower disc-floret

18

30

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d0_s13

dark-brown

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d0_s15

obovoid

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d0_s15

compressed

not

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d0_s15

2

2.5

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d0_s15

faint-nerved

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