Rudbeckia scabrifolia

L. E. Brown

Phytologia 61: 367, fig. 1. 1986.

Common names: Roughleaf coneflower
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 51. Mentioned on page 47, 52.

Perennials, to 200 cm (rhizomatous, roots fibrous). Leaves green (dried, dark under reflected UV light), blades elliptic to lanceolate (not lobed), ± leathery, bases attenuate to cuneate or rounded, margins entire or coarsely toothed, apices acute, faces hairy; basal petiolate, 15–65 × 2–15 cm; cauline sessile (proximalmost often petiolate), 5–50 × 2–12 cm (mids ± pandurate, bases auriculate). Heads (to 15) in ± corymbiform arrays. Phyllaries to 2 cm (margins ciliate). Receptacles ovoid to ellipsoid; paleae 6–8 mm, (apical margins densely ciliate) apices acute, abaxial tips hairy. Ray-florets 10–15; corollas yellow, laminae oblong to oblanceolate, 20–40 × 5–12 mm, abaxially hairy. Discs 12–25 × 12–20 mm. Disc-florets 150–400+; corollas greenish yellow proximally, maroon distally, 3.5–5 mm; style-branches ca. 2 mm, apices acute. Cypselae 3.5–5 mm; pappi coroniform, to 2.5 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–fall.
Habitat: Hillside seeps
Elevation: 10–60 m

Discussion

Rudbeckia scabrifolia occurs in western Louisiana and eastern Texas. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Rudbeckia scabrifolia"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
acute;acute;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Lowell E. Urbatsch +  and Patricia B. Cox +
L. E. Brown +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
attenuate +  and cuneate or rounded +
compound +  and simple +
elliptic;lanceolate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +  and 12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
Roughleaf coneflower +
maroon +, greenish yellow +  and yellow +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
flattened +, fusiform-terete +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
12mm;20mm +
La. +  and Tex. +
10–60 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Hillside seeps +
discoid +  and radiate +
in loose , corymbiform to paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
fusiform;turbinate or broadly campanulate +
20mm;40mm +
oblong +  and oblanceolate +
5mm;12mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +  and lance-linear +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
persistent +
0 +  and 2 +
coroniform +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–fall. +
3 +  and 21 +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
pitted +  and smooth +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
connate +  and distinct +
2 +  and 6 +
unequal +
exalbuminous +
purplish +, bluish green +  and green +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Rudbeckia subg. Macrocline +
Rudbeckia scabrifolia +
Rudbeckia sect. Macrocline +
species +
cylindric +
serrate +, dentate +  and entire +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +