Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Chaetopappa
            Species: hersheyi

Hershey's Cliff Daisy - Chaetopappa hersheyi

Hershey's Cliff Daisy

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Matted perennial from woody rootstocks; stems to 5 cm high; sparsely pubescent with ascending or loosely appressed hairs, terminated by a solitary flower head; basal rosettelike leaves clustered, spatulate or lance shaped, spiny at the tip, 1.5-6 mm long, to 1 mm wide; stem leaves 4-7; involucre 4-6 mm high, spine tipped; involucres 4-4.6 mm high; phyllaries lanceolate, acute or acuminate, slenderly spine-pointed and sparsely appressed-pubescence on the midrib, or glabrous; ray flowers 6-10, bluish at first, fading to white; disk flowers 5-6; corollas 3.3-4.3 mm long, yellow; achenes of ray flowers 2-3 nerved; achenes of disk flowers 5 nerved. Flowers May.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S2

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 4

Number of Mapped Locations: 15

Number of Observations: 21

Observation date range: 01-01-1901 to 04-25-1989

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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