Desmanthus brevipes B.L. Turner. Common name: Dwarf Bundle-flower. Phenology: Apr-May (-Oct). Habitat: Post oak or juniper woodlands, prairies, and along roadsides, most commonly found on sandy or gravelly soils but also on calcareous and clay soils. Distribution: Sw. LA west along the coast to s. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes treated at varietal rank (Luckow 1993), but seemingly warranting separate species status from the Argentinian D. tatuhyensis on morphological and geographic grounds (Luckow 2023).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, NS, POWO, Tx, Isely (1998); = Desmanthus tatuhyensis Hoehne var. brevipes (B.L.Turner) Luckow — K4, Luckow (1993). Basionym: Desmanthus brevipes B.L.Turner 1950
Links to other floras: = Desmanthus brevipes - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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