Acourtia microcephala DC.
Family: Asteraceae
Sacapellote
[Perezia microcephala Molina]
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Donald Myrick  

Plants 60-120 cm. Leaves cau-line; sessile; blades oblong-ovate to elliptic, 5-15 cm, bases cordate, clasping, auriculate, margins spinulose-denticulate, faces densely glandular-scabrid. Heads in paniculiform arrays. Involucres turbinate to campanulate, 6-8(. 10+) mm. Phyllaries in 3-4 series, linear to oblanceolate, apices acute to acuminate or mucronate, margins and abaxial faces glandular-hairy. Receptacles alveolate, glandular-hairy. Florets 10-20; corollas lavender-pink, 6-12 mm. Cypselae cylindric, 1.5-6 mm, bristly glandular-puberulent; pappi tawny, 6-10 mm. 2n = 54.

Flowering May-Jul. Gravel and caliche soils in scrub oak, oak woodlands, and chaparral; 60-1300 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

In the flora, Acourtia microcephala is restricted to the dry areas of California from Monterey to San Diego counties and on the Channel Islands.

Acourtia microcephala image
Donald Myrick  
Acourtia microcephala image
Donald Myrick  
Acourtia microcephala image
Zoya Akulova  
Acourtia microcephala image
Zoya Akulova  
Acourtia microcephala image
Zoya Akulova