Aphanostephus ramosissimus var. humilis (Benth.) B.A.Birdsong

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Crockett Co.

• Locality

  S side of highway on S edge of I-10 ca. 2.4 roadmiles E of Taylor Box Rd.

• Elevation

  Alt. 756 m. (2480 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.6853, -101.053

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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FLORA OF TEXAS
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Aphanostephus ramosissimus DC.
var. Itumilis (Benth.) B. L. Turner & Birdsong
ASTERACEAE
CROCKETT CO.: rays white, short; common in herbaceous
vegetation on occasionally mown unshaded highway r-o-w
at crossing of low spot (broad shallow karst sinkhole) on
otherwise level upland underlain by Cretaceous limestone,
on soils mapped as deep, well drained, calcareous,
moderately alkaline clay (Tobosa Series, Aridic
Haplustalfs). S side of highway on S edge of I-10 ca. 2.4
roadmiles E of Taylor Box Rd., at N30°4r07.2”,
W10I°03M 1.6”. Elev. 2480 ft.
Associates included Bromus catharticus, B. japonicus, Chamaesyce
albomarginata, Elymus elymoides, Engelmannia pinnatifida, Euphorbia
spathulata, Gaiilardia pinnatifida, Gaura parviflora, Hordeum pusillum,
Linum pratense, Matelea biflora, Phlox sp., Senecio tampicanus, Silene
antirrhina, Sphaeralcea pedatifida, Tragopogon sp.
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W. R. Carr
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19 April 2015
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