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|accepted_name=Pascalia
|accepted_authority=Ortega
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.,
|place=39, plate 4. 1797
|year=1797
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Pascalia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pascalia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For D. B. Pascal, French/Italian physician/botanist, once director of royal garden at Parma
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 65, 67
|treatment_page=page 131
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> 30–100 cm (rhizomatous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched ± throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;face pubescence or relief">blades (3-nerved) lanceolate to lance-linear (widest at or proximal to middles, not notably fleshy), bases cuneate, margins entire or toothed, faces sparsely scabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>radiate, borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>campanulate to hemispheric, 10–15 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary quantity;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, 20–28 in 2–3 series (linear to lance-linear, herbaceous, subequal or outer longer than inner, spreading in fruit).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>hemispheric, paleate (paleae lanceolate to ovate, conduplicate, becoming papery).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 13–21, pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 45–90+, bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube height or length or size;throat shape;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas yellow, tubes shorter than campanulate throats, lobes 5, ± deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela shape"><b>Cypselae </b>3-angled or ± compressed and weakly 4-angled (epidermes usually thick, corky, bases without elaiosomes, apices not rostrate);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">pappi 0, or persistent, coroniform (of connate scales plus 0–2 awns).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pappus presence;pappus duration;pappus shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 33.</span><!--

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|distribution=South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Pascalia
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Ortega
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.,
|publication year=1797
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21_320.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Pascalia
|base shape=cuneate
|blade shape=lanceolate;lance-linear
|corolla coloration=yellow;yellow
|cypsela shape=4-angled;compressed;3-angled
|disc-floret quantity=45;90
|disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual
|face pubescence or relief=scabrous
|head architecture or arrangement=radiate
|head arrangement=singly
|involucre diameter=10mm;15mm
|involucre shape=campanulate;hemispheric
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe shape=deltate
|margin shape=toothed;entire
|pappus duration=persistent
|pappus presence=absent
|pappus shape=coroniform
|phyllary duration=persistent
|phyllary quantity=20;28
|ray-floret architecture=pistillate
|ray-floret quantity=13;21
|ray-floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=paleate
|receptacle shape=hemispheric
|series quantity=2;3
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=erect
|throat shape=campanulate
|tube height or length or size=shorter
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=30cm;100cm
|x chromosome quantity=33
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