Trixis californica Kellogg var. californica

  • Authority

    Anderson, Christiane. 1972. A monograph of the Mexican and Central American species of Trixis (Compositae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 1-68.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Trixis californica Kellogg var. californica

  • Description

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    Species Description - Young stems, young branches, and inflorescence glandular and strigose to hirsute; internodes (0.1-)0.5-3.1 cm long. Petioles winged; blades glandular and strigose to pilose above, glandular and sparsely strigose (sometimes only on the veins) beneath; margins entire or irregularly denticulate, shghtly recurved or sometimes revolute; stomates usually on both surfaces but more abundant beneath. Peduncles glandular and strigose to sparsely pilose, or only glandular. Accessory bracts (3-)5-7, (4-)5-16(-20) mm long, 0.7-6.5 (-7.5) mm wide, linear to linear-lanceolate to lanceolate to elhptical to ovate, acute at the apex, subsessile, glandular and strigose or sparsely strigose on both surfaces; margins entire, flat or slightly recurved; midrib prominent beneath. Phyllaries strigose and often glandular on the distal portion of the adaxial surface, sparsely strigose and glandular on the abaxial surface. Flowers 11-14 or 17-25. Corolla: tube, outer, and inner lip glandular and with a few hairs.

  • Discussion

    Type. Baja Cahfornia Norte: Cedros Island, Veatch (CAS! holotype).

    Trixis suffruticosa S. Wats., Bot. CaUf. 2: 459. 1880. Type. CaUfornia: White Water River, Colorado Desert, Lemmon & Parry 1185 (GH! lectotype).

    Trixis angustifolia DC. var. latiuscida A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1; 410. 1884. Type, same as type of T. suffruticosa S. Wats.

  • Distribution

    From southern California, Baja California, and Sinaloa to western Texas, Coahuila, and western Nuevo Leon (Fig. 11); from sea level to 2100 m ; in open sandy or rocky deserts, in thorn scrub associations, on limestone cliffs, and along roadsides; collected in flower and in fruit throughout the year, though less frequently from late December to early March and then only from the southern part of the range.

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