Sachsia polycephala
Cat. Pl. Cub., 151. 1866.
Common names: Bahama sachsia
Illustrated
Synonyms: Sachsia bahamensis Urban Sachsia divaricata Grisebach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 478.
Plants 10–60 cm. Leaf-blades 2–12 × 1–4 cm, margins denticulate to coarsely and regularly dentate or repand-dentate with callous-tipped teeth. Involucres 5–8 mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces ± glandular. Ray or pistillate corollas: laminae ca. 0.5 mm or none. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm; pappi 3–4 mm. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering Dec–Apr(–May), sporadically year-round.
Habitat: Rocky pinelands, pine-palm woods, commonly moist habitats
Elevation: 0–10 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies (Bahamas), West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Hispaniola), West Indies (Jamaica)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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sericeous +
glabrous +
tailed +
introrse +
connate +
acute +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
continuous +
not clasping +
sericeous-woolly +
decurrent +
obovate;oblanceolate or spatulate +
ribbed;smooth +
stigmatic +
absent +
Bahama sachsia +
pistillate +
whitish +
monomorphic +
not beaked +
1.5mm;2mm +
staminate +
bisexual +
straight +
strigillose +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
Present +
surrounding +
cylindric-ovoid;urceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
1cm;4cm +
sessile +
alternate +
basal +
deltate +
denticulate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
falling +
tough +
thick +
fertile +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
Cat. Pl. Cub., +
1866 +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
flat;convex +
fibrous +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;1;5;6 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
erect +
2-branched +
hairy +
papillate +
Sachsia polycephala +
Sachsia +
species +
callous-tipped +
perennial +