Thelesperma

Plant on calcareous/caliche soils of low grassy rolling limestone ridges along eastern foothills of Sacramento Mountains.

on calcareous/caliche soils of low grassy rolling limestone ridges along eastern foothills of Sacramento Mountains.

roadside on calcareous gravelly terrace alluvium.

In fruit

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels.

Plants in wide grassy roadside drainage swale in silty calcareous/caliche soils on edge of town. Thread-like leaves few, scattered up stems

roadside on calcareous gravelly terrace alluvium.

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels.

Plants in wide grassy roadside drainage swale in silty calcareous/caliche soils on edge of town. Thread-like leaves few, scattered up stems

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels. View of achenes

Plants in wide grassy roadside drainage swale in silty calcareous/caliche soils on edge of town. Thread-like leaves few, scattered up stems

Plant on calcareous/caliche soils of low grassy rolling limestone ridges along eastern foothills of Sacramento Mountains.

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels. View of achenes

Plants in wide grassy roadside drainage swale in silty calcareous/caliche soils on edge of town. Thread-like leaves few, scattered up stems

plants on south facing slope of calcareous soil and limestone gravels

plant on sandy calcareous soils of grassy highway right-of-way crossing flat plain of degraded grassland merging the Chihuahuan Desert into the southern Llano Estacado.

Plants in wide grassy roadside drainage swale in silty calcareous/caliche soils on edge of town. Thread-like leaves few, scattered up stems. Note 8 short, blunt, spreading, outer phyllaries at base of head.