Sanvitalia angustifolia

A procumbent plant found in Mexico, from central Chihuahua south to northern Guerrero. Compared to Sanvitalia abertii, the phyllaries are wider & overlapping, and the spines of the ray cypselae are much longer.

A flowering stem at San Francisco, along the highway ca. 15 km north of Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 Sep 2009.



At pseudanthium, north of Ciudad Chihuahua, 5 Sep 2009.



Side view of a pseudanthium, north of Ciudad Chihuahua, 5 Sep 2009.



Immature ray cypselae, north of Ciudad Chihuahua, 5 Sep 2009.



Plant habit, north of Ciudad Chihuahua, 5 Sep 2009.

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