Status: Native
Synonyms:
Solanum coniodes Moricand ex Dunal
Chamaesaracha coniodes is highly branched and can give the appearance of small clump rather than a single plant, although it only stands about 10-20cm tall. The leaves and stems are viscid-puberulent (sticky-hairy) and somewhat grayish in appearance. The flowers are pale yellow. The shape of the leaves is lanceolate, and is the easiest field character that distinguishes this species from Chamaesaracha coronopus which has longer lobed leaves and a similar pale yellow flower. The hairs on Chamaesaracha coniodes are typically unbranched while those on Chamaesaracha coronopus are stellate or branched. Chamaesarache coniodes is found in loose sand or gravel at lower to middle elevation.
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Chamaesaracha coniodes, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha coniodes, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha coniodes, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha coniodes, 4x macro of unbranched hairs on leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha coniodes, DAZ herbarium, collector Dale A. Zimmerman with Marian Zimmerman, 6 September 1992, Kneeling Nun drive
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