Conoclinium coelestinum

(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 135. 1836.

Common names: Blue mistflower
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Eupatorium coelestinum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 838. 1753
Synonyms: Conoclinium dichotomum Chapman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 480. Mentioned on page 479.

Stems usually erect, sometimes decumbent or procumbent (rooting at nodes). Leaf-blades triangular to deltate or ovate, 2–7 (–13) cm, bases usually cuneate to truncate, rarely subcordate, margins serrate to serrate-dentate or crenate, apices acute. Phyllaries 3.5–4 mm. Corollas blue to blue-violet or rosy-violet, (1.6–) 2–2.5 mm. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pappi: bristle tips not dilated. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Stream banks, lakeshores, coastal and inland sands, pine-oak woodlands, low woods, flood plains, ditches, ravines, bogs, wet slopes, pine savannas, disturbed sites, roadsides, along railroads
Elevation: 50–400 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mich., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Conoclinium coelestinum"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Thomas F. Patterson +  and Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
subcordate +, usually cuneate +  and truncate +
not enlarged +
Eupatorium coelestinum +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
triangular +  and deltate or ovate +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
triangular;oblong;triangular;oblong;ovate-deltate;ovate;oblanceolate;deltate +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform;linear-clavate +
not dilated +
Blue mistflower +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
blue +  and blue-violet or rosy-violet +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
50–400 m +
glabrate +  and puberulous villosulous or hispidulous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Stream banks, lakeshores, coastal and inland sands, pine-oak woodlands, low woods, flood plains, ditches, ravines, bogs, wet slopes, pine savannas, disturbed sites, roadsides, along railroads +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
crenate +  and serrate-dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Nov. +
subequal +  and unequal +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
procumbent +  and decumbent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Conoclinium dichotomum +
Conoclinium coelestinum +
Conoclinium +
species +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +