Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. hyssopifolia

(Nuttall) Semple

Canad. J. Bot. 58: 148. 1980.

Endemic
Basionym: Chrysopsis hyssopifolia Nuttall J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 67. 1834
Synonyms: Chrysopsis gigantea Small Chrysopsis mixta Dress Chrysopsis trichophylla var. hyssopifolia (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray Diplogon hyssopifolia (Nuttall) Kuntze Heterotheca hyssopifolia (Nuttall) R. W. Long
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 221. Mentioned on page 219, 220.

Short-lived perennials (usually), 30–80 cm. Stems 1–5 (older plants), ascending to erect, rarely procumbent, usually simple. Leaves: mid to distal cauline sometimes numerous (to 75 on tall stems), sometimes crowded; blades linear to lanceolate, margins coarsely long-pilose, faces sparsely pilose to glabrate. Heads usually in subumbelliform, sometimes in compound, subumbelliform arrays. Phyllaries: apices spreading, faces glabrate. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late Sep–Dec.
Habitat: Sandy and clay soils, open pine flatwoods, oak-pine scrub, disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–50 m

Discussion

A few plants similar to subsp. hyssopifolia have been collected in northern peninsular Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
attenuate;acute;mucronate;obtuse;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
subumbelliform +  and compound +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +
(Nuttall) Semple +
spatulate +  and oblanceolate +
decurrent +
Chrysopsis hyssopifolia +
compound +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate +
reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
stipitate-glandular +, woolly +  and glabrous +
oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
stipitate-glandular +, woolly +  and glabrous +
oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
whitish +  and stramineous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ovate +, elliptic +, lanceolate +  and linear +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
ampliate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
0-6-ridged +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Fla. +, La. +  and Miss. +
0–50 m +
gland-dotted +
glabrate +  and sparsely pilose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy and clay soils, open pine flatwoods, oak-pine scrub, disturbed areas +
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
flagelliform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
campanulate;hemispheric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1.5mm;3mm +
cauline +  and basal +
triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
entire +  and dentate +
long-pilose +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
woolly or +  and sparsely densely stipitate-glandular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering late Sep–Dec. +
foliaceous +  and 1-nerved +
linear +  and linear-oblanceolate +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
Canad. J. Bot. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
linear +  and linear-triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and erect +
woolly +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Chrysopsis gigantea +, Chrysopsis mixta +, Chrysopsis trichophylla var. hyssopifolia +, Diplogon hyssopifolia +  and Heterotheca hyssopifolia +
Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. hyssopifolia +
Chrysopsis gossypina +
subspecies +
110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
perennial +  and short-lived +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
9 +, 4 +  and 5 +