Rugelia nudicaulis

Shuttleworth ex Chapman

Fl. S.E. U.S., 246. 1860.

IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Senecio rugelia A. Gray Cacalia rugelia (A. Gray) T. M. Barkley & Cronquist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 626.

Leaf-blades 5–15+ × 3–10+ cm, marginal teeth 17–22 on each side. Phyllaries 10–13 (–14) mm. Corollas 8–10 mm. Cypselae 4–6 mm; pappi 8–10+ mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Forests, edges of openings in spruce-fir and hardwood regions
Elevation: 1400–2000 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Rugelia nudicaulis is known mostly from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina–Tennessee border.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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tomentose +  and arachnose-villous glabrescent or glabrate +
glabrate +  and puberulent +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
truncate;rounded-truncate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Theodore M. Barkley† +
Shuttleworth ex Chapman +
decurrent +
ovate;nearly cordate +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
whitish +  and stramineous +
greenish +, whitish +  and ochroleucous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
cylindro-fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.C. +  and Tenn. +
1400–2000 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Forests, edges of openings in spruce-fir and hardwood regions +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
turbinate;cylindric +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
dentate +  and denticulate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
lance-linear +  and linear +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
unequal +  and subequal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
foveolate +  and smooth +
convex;flat +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +, Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
in 2 lines +  and continuous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Senecio rugelia +  and Cacalia rugelia +
Rugelia nudicaulis +
species +
cylindric +
shorter to longer +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
vine +, tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +