Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tonestus
Species: microcephala
Small-Head Golden-Weed - Lorandersonia microcephala
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Perennial; stems several, to about 5 cm tall, suffrutescent and mat forming; leaves numerous, 2-4 cm long, to 3.5 mm wide, oblanceolate, tips acute, tapering to the base, 3-nerved, entire or with an occasional minute tooth, stem leaves somewhat smaller than the basal ones; heads several to many in a condensed corymb; phyllaries chartaceous, in several series, the outer one caudate-attenuate, the inner ones acute or acuminate; disk flowers yellow, fertile, rays inconspicuous; pappus of numerous white capillary bristles. Flowers June to July.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 5
Number of Mapped Locations: 13
Number of Observations: 26
Observation date range: 04-01-1950 to 08-08-2009
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)