Helianthus pauciflorus Nuttall (Q2765)

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Helianthus pauciflorus is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Helianthus
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Helianthus pauciflorus Nuttall
Helianthus pauciflorus is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Helianthus

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    taxon/id/Helianthus pauciflorus Nuttall
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    Helianthus pauciflorus Nuttall
    Helianthus pauciflorus
    Nuttall
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Helianthus pauciflorus
    stiff sunflower (English)
    rigid sunflower (English)
    hélianthe raide (French)
    Stems erect, scabro-hispid.
    Leaves mostly basal;
    opposite, or opposite (proximal) and alternate;
    petioles 0–1 cm;
    blades lanceovate to oblong-lanceolate, or rhombic-ovate to lance-linear, 5–27 × 2–6 cm, bases cuneate, margins serrate to subentire, abaxial faces sparsely hispid, sparsely, if at all, glanddotted (cauline smaller).
    Heads 1–10.
    Peduncles 3–12 cm.
    Involucres hemispheric, 15–23 mm diam.
    Phyllaries 25–35, ovate, 6–10 × 3–5 mm, (margins ciliate) apices acute, abaxial faces glabrate to hispid.
    Paleae 9–10 mm, shallowly 3-toothed to subentire (apices ciliate, hairy).
    Ray-florets 10–20;
    laminae 20–35 mm (abaxial faces usually glanddotted).
    Disc-florets 75+;
    corollas 6.5–7 mm, lobes usually reddish, sometimes yellow;
    anthers dark, appendages dark (style-branches yellow).
    Cypselae 5–6 mm, glabrate;
    pappi of 2 aristate scales 4.5–5 mm plus 1–4 smaller aristate scales 0.3–2 mm. 2n = 102 (subspecies unknown).