Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.

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Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.

det. John Pruski (MO), 2010
LOUISIANA. JEFFERSON Parish: Beach
strand vegetation on SW end of GRAND
ISLE by boat launch and restaurant just
off of LA 1. ELEV.: sea level.

29°12 1 47"N 090°01'49"W

Common dense-clonal subshrubs 2/3 m
tall, early flower; leaves carnose, pale
green, surfaces finely sericeous; capit-
ula globose with phyllaries spread +/-
laterally; outer phyllaries carnose,
finely sericeous; inner phyllaries and
paleae spinulose to spinose apically;
corollas yellow, rays 19-21, limb
slightly reflexed; anthers black.

11 May 2010

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