Berlandiera subacaulis

(Nuttall) Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 343. 1840.

Common names: Green eyes Florida-dandelion
Endemic
Basionym: Silphium subacaule Nuttall Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 301. 1821
Synonyms: Silphium nuttallianum Torrey
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 85. Mentioned on page 84, 86.

Plants 20–50 cm. Stems unbranched or branched near bases. Leaves crowded near stem-bases; petiolate or sessile; blades mostly oblanceolate to spatulate, usually alternately sinuate-pinnatifid, chartaceous, ultimate margins ± crenate, faces ± scabrous. Heads usually borne singly. Peduncles hairy (hispid and with wartlike hairs). Involucres 16–19+ mm diam. Ray corollas lemon yellow, abaxial veins green, laminae 10–12.6 × 5–7.8 mm. Disc corollas red to maroon. Cypselae (oval) 5.2–7 × 3–3.8 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering year round.
Habitat: Dry, sandy oak and pine flats, lawns, along roadsides
Elevation: 10–90 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Berlandiera subacaulis"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Donald J. Pinkava +
(Nuttall) Nuttall +
bristlelike +
coroniform +
truncate +  and cuneate +
Silphium subacaule +
compound +  and simple +
sinuate-pinnatifid;mostly oblanceolate;spatulate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Green eyes +  and Florida-dandelion +
red +  and maroon +
0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
obovate +, obflattened +  and obcompressed +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
10–90 m +
velvety +, scabrous +, hispid +  and hirsute +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry, sandy oak and pine flats, lawns, along roadsides +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
less campanulate;more or less hemispheric +
10mm;12.6mm +
5mm;7.8mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
coroniform +
Flowering year round. +
14 +  and 22 +
unequal +  and subequal +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and unbranched +
decumbent +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Silphium nuttallianum +
Berlandiera subacaulis +
Berlandiera +
species +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +