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Border Goldthread - Thelesperma subnudum
Other Names:  Thelesperma marginatum

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4
C-value: 3


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General Description
Glabrous perennial from a branched caudex. Stems erect, simple, 10–25 cm. Leaves cauline, opposite; lower petiolate, deeply 3-lobed; lobes linear-lanceolate, 1–3 cm long; upper reduced, simple. Inflorescence of 1 to 3 terminal heads; peduncles 2–15 cm long. Heads discoid; involucre hemispheric, 6–9 mm high; phyllaries in 2 very unequal series; the inner narrowly ovate, striate, scarious-margined, united below; outer short, often reflexed; receptacle flat with a scale subtending each flower. Disk flowers perfect, yellow; corollas 4–6 mm long, tube shorter than the throat; style branches flattened. Pappus of 2 minute awns or absent. Achenes cylindric, compressed, glabrous, 5–7 mm long, enclosed in the scale (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety marginatum (Rydb.) Cronquist.

Species Range
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Range Comments
AB south to NV, AZ, NM and SD (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 32

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Habitat
Grasslands, sagebrush steppe, coniferous woodlands; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Peterson, J.G. 1969. The food habits and summer distribution of juvenile sage grouse in central Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 39 p.
    • Sater, S. 2022. The insects of Sevenmile Creek, a pictorial guide to their diversity and ecology. Undergraduate Thesis. Helena, MT: Carroll College. 242 p.
    • Tschache, O.P. 1970. Effects of ecological changes induced by various sagebrush control techniques on small mammal populations. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 51 p.
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