Melanthera angustifolia
in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, 11: 54. 1850.
Plants 30–90 cm. Stems weakly erect, strigose. Leaf-blades usually linear to narrowly oblanceolate, rarely narrowly ovate-elliptic, 3–8 × 0.5–1.5 cm, bases cuneate, margins irregularly serrate, faces sparsely strigose. Heads borne singly. Peduncles 9–20 cm, glabrescent. Involucres 6–12 mm diam. Phyllaries ovate, 4–5 × 2–3 mm. Paleae 4–5 × 1 mm, apical mucros 0.5–1 mm, straight to slightly recurved. Florets 30–40; corollas 5.5 mm; anther sacs 2 mm. Cypselae 2.5 × 1.5 mm. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering Jan–Mar (perhaps year-round).
Habitat: Moist to dry, lightly shaded pine flatwoods
Elevation: 0–10+ m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico (Yucatan), West Indies (Cuba), Central America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"broader" is not a number.
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introrse +
connate +
herbaceous +
scarious +
absent +
straight +
recurved +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
barbellulate +
continuous +
cuneate +
lance-elliptic +
deltate;3-lobed +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
1;15 +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
2;12 +
absent +
zygomorphic +
white +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (?) +
winged +
dimorphic +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
staminate +
bisexual +
staminate +
straight +
strigose +
distinct +
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30;40 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
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ovate-elliptic;usually linear;narrowly oblanceolate +
0.5cm;1.5cm +
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cauline +
deltate +
serrate +
2-carpellate +
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attached +
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persistent +
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falling +
absent +
glabrescent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, +
1850 +
absent +
paleate +
flat;convex or convex-hemispheric +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
2;3 +
alternate +
branched +
erect +
strigose +
continuous +
2-branched +
papillate +
Melanthera angustifolia +
Melanthera +
species +
cylindric +
shorter +
cylindric +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
perennial +