Status: Native
Synonyms:
Perezia wrightii Gray
Acourtia wrightii is an upright herb with sessile leaves and light purple flowers. The achenes have a white pappus. The leaves are ovate and dentate with small spines on the teeth. Acourtia wrightii is a lower to mid-elevation species. It can grow to about a meter tall and lives on dry rocky hillsides. Acourtia thurberi is a related species with fewer florets per inflorescence and with stipitate glandular phyllaries that is found in Hidalgo County.
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Acourtia wrightii, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Wild Horse Cyn., May 16, 2007
Acourtia wrightii, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Jason Gilbert, Sycamore Cyn. near Cliff, November 23, 2009
Acourtia wrightii, panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Jason Gilbert, Sycamore Cyn. near Cliff, November 23, 2009
Acourtia wrightii, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Sycamore Cyn. near Cliff, November 1, 2009
Acourtia wrightii, macro of flowerhead, photo Russ Kleinman, Sycamore Cyn. near Cliff, November 1, 2009
Acourtia wrightii, macro of cypselae, photo Russ Kleinman, Sycamore Cyn. near Cliff, November 1, 2009
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