Status: Native
Synonyms:
Solanum conioides Moricand ex Dunal
Chamaesaracha conioides is highly branched and can give the appearance of small clump rather than a single plant, although it only stands about 10-20cm tall. The leaves and stems are viscid-puberulent (sticky-hairy) and somewhat grayish in appearance. The flowers are pale yellow. The shape of the leaves is lanceolate, and is the easiest field character that distinguishes this species from Chamaesaracha coronopus which has longer lobed leaves and a similar pale yellow flower. The hairs on Chamaesaracha conioides are typically unbranched while those on Chamaesaracha coronopus are stellate or branched. Chamaesarache conioides is found in loose sand or gravel at lower to middle elevation.
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Chamaesaracha conioides, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha conioides, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha conioides, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha conioides, 4x macro of unbranched hairs on leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mimbres Range, Acklin Hill, Aug. 8, 2009
Chamaesaracha conioides, DAZ herbarium, collector Dale A. Zimmerman with Marian Zimmerman, 6 September 1992, Kneeling Nun drive
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