Status: Native, Species of Concern USFWS, Sensitive Species USFS
Synonyms:
Dyssodia neomexicana (Gray) Robinson
Hymenatherum neomexicanum Gray
Thymophylla neomexicana (Gray) Wooton & Standley
Adenophyllum wrightii is a rare plant with a conical raised disc and only a few short orange yellow ray flowers. It is an erect herb with pinnatifid leaves with linear segments. The phyllaries each have large easily visible orange glands. The pappus is composed of 2 layers of scales, the inner layer of which have long minutely plumose awns.
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Adenophyllum wrightii, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, micro of flower head, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, micro of achenes on receptacle, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, three awned inner scale of pappus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, achenes, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
Adenophyllum wrightii, three awned inner scale and smaller awnless outer scales of pappus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Sept. 10, 2008
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