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1. Dicranocarpus parviflorus A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 5: 322. 1854.

Heterosperma dicranocarpum A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 109.

Leaves 2–8 cm. Ray corollas 2–3 mm. Disc corollas 1–3 mm. Cypselae (3–)5–10 mm; pappi 2–5 mm. 2n = 20.

Flowering Sep–Oct. Alkaline or gypseous soils; 900–1700 m; N.Mex, Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí).

Dicranocarpus parviflorus is a gypsophile that ranges throughout the Chihuahuan Desert.


 

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