Waldsteinia lobata

(Baldwin) Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 1: 426. 1840.

Common names: Piedmont barren-strawberry
Endemic
Basionym: Dalibarda lobata Baldwin in S. Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 571. 1821
Synonyms: Geum lobatum (Baldwin) Smedmark
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 72. Mentioned on page 71.

Herbs, 15–30 cm. Leaves 3-lobed, sometimes to ca. 2/3 cleft, 4–8 cm wide, surfaces sparsely strigose. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered. Flowers 8–10 mm diam.; hypanthium broadly obconic, 2–3 mm, strigose; petals bright-yellow, narrowly elliptic, 4 mm, barely exceeding sepals, apex subacute; carpels 3 or 4.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Moist woods near streams in piedmont
Elevation: 100–500 m

Discussion

Waldsteinia lobata is very similar to W. parviflora except in leaf form.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number.

... more about "Waldsteinia lobata"
subacute +
James B. Phipps +
(Baldwin) Torrey & A. Gray +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
Dalibarda lobata +
3-5(-7)-lobed +, cordate +  and rounded +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
free +  and distinct +
short-villous +
Piedmont barren-strawberry +
Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
not +  and aggregated +
100–500 m +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
short-villous +
crescent--shaped +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Moist woods near streams in piedmont +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
deciduous +
3-lobed +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
toothed +, unlobed +  and lobed +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
elongating +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
bright-yellow +
free +  and distinct +
obovate;elliptic elliptic-lanceolate or suborbiculate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
Fl. N. Amer. +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
triangular +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 20 +
palmate +  and pinnate +
deciduous +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
hairy +  and glabrous +
not hooked +
Geum lobatum +
Waldsteinia lobata +
Waldsteinia +
species +
not evident +
enlarged +
rhizomatous +  and scapose +