Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred
Xanthisma spinulosum is found at lower elevations in the Gila National Forest in the desert.
It has a yellow disc and yellow ray flowers. The foliage is gray-green and the leaves are
deeply cleft. The achene is pubescent and the pappus is made up of many barbellate bristles. Xanthisma spinulosum can be divided loosely into several intermixing varieties based on the leaf and stem characters.
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Xanthisma spinulosum, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 20, 2008
Xanthisma spinulosum, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Acklin Hill, November 12, 2009
Xanthisma spinulosum, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Acklin Hill, November 12, 2009
Xanthisma spinulosum, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Acklin Hill, November 12, 2009
Xanthisma spinulosum, macro of cypsela, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Acklin Hill, November 12, 2009
Xanthisma spinulosum, closeup of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mill Canyon Road, May 11, 2010
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