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|accepted_name=Cyanthillium
|accepted_authority=Blume
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.,
|place=889. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae;Cyanthillium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cyanthillium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Origin uncertain; probably Greek cyanos, blue, and anthyllion, little flower, alluding to corollas
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 67, 201
|treatment_page=page 204
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals </b>(perhaps persisting), 2–6 (–12+) dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly cauline (at flowering);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole architecture">petioles ± winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face pubescence;adaxial face relief;adaxial face pubescence">blades ovate to trullate, deltate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, bases ± cuneate, margins serrate, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces ± hirtellous to densely piloso-strigillose, resin-gland-dotted, adaxial faces ± scabrellous or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head architecture or shape;head architecture;head diameter;head diameter;bract architecture;bract atypical quantity;bract quantity"><b>Heads </b>discoid, ± pedunculate, not subtended by foliaceous bracts, (12–) 40–100+ in ± corymbiform arrays (6–) 10–15+ cm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± campanulate to turbinate or hemispheric, 4–5 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllary quantity;series quantity;outer phyllary shape;inner phyllary shape;inner phyllary pubescence or texture;margin architecture or shape;tip architecture or shape;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>24–32+ in 3–4+ series, the outer subulate to lanceolate, inner ± lanceolate, all ± chartaceous, margins entire, tips apiculate to spinose, abaxial faces ± strigillose, ± resin-gland-dotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floret atypical quantity;floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>13–20 (–24+);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube length or size;lobe quantity;lobe arrangement or course or shape;lobe variability">corollas lavender to pink or purplish, tubes longer than funnelform throats, lobes 5, lance-linear, ± equal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela architecture or shape;cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>± columnar, not ribbed, ± strigillose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="outer scale duration;outer scale quantity;inner bristle duration">pappi of ± 20 ± persistent outer scales, plus ± 20 caducous inner bristles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pappus quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 9 (18?).</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;probably paleotropical in origin;now widely established in tropical and warm-temperate regions as naturalized ruderals
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1–2 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Cyanthillium
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Blume
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Fla.;probably paleotropical in origin;now widely established in tropical and warm-temperate regions as naturalized ruderals
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.,
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae
|genus=Cyanthillium
|abaxial face pubescence=resin-gland-dotted;strigillose;resin-gland-dotted;less hirtellous;densely piloso-strigillose
|adaxial face pubescence=glabrate
|adaxial face relief=scabrellous
|apex shape=rounded;acute
|base shape=cuneate
|blade shape=ovate;trullate deltate oblanceolate or spatulate
|bract architecture=foliaceous
|bract atypical quantity=12;40
|bract quantity=40;100
|corolla coloration=lavender;pink or purplish
|cypsela architecture or shape=not ribbed
|cypsela pubescence=strigillose
|cypsela shape=columnar
|floret atypical quantity=20;24
|floret quantity=13;20
|head architecture=pedunculate
|head architecture or shape=discoid
|head diameter=10cm;15cm
|inner bristle duration=caducous
|inner phyllary pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|inner phyllary shape=lanceolate
|involucre diameter=4mm;5mm
|involucre shape=less campanulate;turbinate or hemispheric
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe arrangement or course or shape=lance-linear
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe variability=equal
|margin architecture or shape=entire;serrate
|outer phyllary shape=subulate;lanceolate
|outer scale duration=persistent
|outer scale quantity=20
|pappus quantity=20
|petiole architecture=winged
|phyllary quantity=24;32
|series quantity=3;4
|tip architecture or shape=apiculate;spinose
|tube length or size=longer
|whole-organism atypical some measurement=6dm;12dm
|whole-organism duration=annual
|whole-organism some measurement=2dm;6dm
|x chromosome quantity=[18;9
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