Hartwrightia
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 264. 1888.
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Garberia heterophylla Hartwrightia floridana Fleischmannia incarnata | Linny Heagy Linny Heagy Linny Heagy |
Perennials, 60–120 cm (rhizomes thickened, fibrous-rooted). Stems erect, branched distally. Leaves basal and cauline; mostly alternate; petiolate or sessile; blades 1-nerved (or pinnately nerved), elliptic to linear [spatulate to oblanceolate], margins mostly entire, faces glabrous, glanddotted. Heads discoid, in loose, corymbiform arrays. Involucres broadly obconic, 2–3 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent, 12–15 in 2–3 series, not notably nerved, oblongelliptic to lanceolate, ± equal (herbaceous). Receptacles convex, usually partially paleate (paleae peripheral). Florets 7–10; corollas white or pinkish to bluish, throats campanulate (lengths ca. 1.5 times diams.), lobes 5, ± deltate; styles: bases not enlarged, glabrous, branches filiform to weakly clavate. Cypselae obpyramidal, 5-angled or grooved, glanddotted; pappi usually 0, rarely 1 (–5+), fragile, flexuous, ± glandular-setae. x = 10.
Distribution
se United States
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
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