Stevia micrantha
Lag.
Family:
Asteraceae
Annual Candyleaf
[
Stevia macella
,
more
Stevia tenella
Moc. ex DC.
]
Patrick Alexander
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Annuals,
10-35(-40) cm.
Leaves
mostly opposite (distal often alternate); petioles (0-)4-11 mm; blades ovate to ovate-deltate or trullate, 1-3.5(-5) cm, margins serrate.
Heads
in open, lax, subcorymbiform or paniculiform (sometimes nearly cylindric) arrays.
Peduncles
(1-)3-10 mm, stipitate-glandular.
Involucres
6-8 mm.
Phyllaries
stipitate- and sessile-glandular, apices acute.
Corollas
white, lobes sparsely hirsute.
Pappi
surpassing corollas.
2
n
= 22. Flowering (Aug-)Sep-Oct. Grassy openings, damp and shady, oak, oak-walnut, oak-pine, and pinyon pine-ponderosa pine woodlands; 1800-2700 m; Ariz., N.Mex.; Mexico.
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