Sphaeromeria compacta

(H. M. Hall) A. H. Holmgren

Brittonia 28: 261. 1976.

Common names: Compact chickensage Charleston tansy
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Tanacetum compactum H. M. Hall Muhlenbergia 2: 343. 1916
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 502. Mentioned on page 499, 500.

Perennials, 1–3+ cm (cespitose; caudices woody). Stems erect, sericeous. Leaves mostly basal; blades (10–25 mm) pinnati-palmately lobed (lobes 3–6+, ± oblanceolate to linear) or linear, faces sericeous. Heads borne singly or 2–3(–5) in corymbiform arrays. Involucres 4–6.5 mm. Phyllaries (14–)18–20, sericeous. (Disc corollas: tubes glandular, lobes villous). Cypselae 1.5–2 mm (2–3-ribbed, glabrous; pappi of 3–5 subulate scales ca. 0.4 mm).


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky ledges and slopes
Elevation: 2700–3500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Sphaeromeria compacta grows in the Charleston Mountains, Clark County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.