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Last updated 5/19/2020 by David Giblin.
Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt.[FNA5, HC, HC2]
spreading pygmyleaf

Publication: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 174. 1838.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: Rare, WNDR.

FNA5 (Hartman and Rabeler): "R. C. Barneby and E. C. Twisselmann (1970) recognized four subspecies of Loeflingia squarrosa, for the most part allopatric. After a reevaluation of the characters used in their key, we feel that those entities are best regarded as geographical races of the species. This is justified largely by both the overlap in expressions of and the lack of correlation of the characters."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Loeflingia pusilla Curran
Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt. ssp. artemisiarum Barneby & Twisselm.
Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt. ssp. cactorum Barneby & Twisselm.
Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt. ssp. texana (Hook.) Barneby & Twisselm.
Loeflingia squarrosa Nutt. var. artemisiarum (Barneby & Twisselm.) Dorn
Loeflingia texana Hook.