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|accepted_name=Sphagneticola
|accepted_authority=O. Hoffmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin
|place=3: 36. 1900
|year=1900
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Sphagneticola
|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>[[Sphagneticola]]</div></div>
|etymology=Evidently from Latin sphagnum, a moss, and cola, dwelling in, perhaps alluding to usually wet habitats
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 65, 66
|treatment_page=page 126
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> mostly 30–200 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate, branched ± throughout (rooting at nodes, usually ± succulent).</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">sessile or petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;face pubescence or relief">blades (usually 3-nerved) mostly trullate to lanceolate, often obscurely 3-lobed, bases ± cuneate, margins entire or toothed, faces usually 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>obconic, 6–12 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary quantity;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, 12–15 in 2–3 series (outer larger, more foliaceous than inner).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>convex to conic, paleate (paleae conduplicate, scarious, acute).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 4–10+, pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow to orange.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 30–60+, 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 to orange, tubes shorter than campanulate throats, lobes 5, lance-triangular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape"><b>Cypselae </b>strongly biconvex to plumply 3–4-angled (epidermes usually thick, corky, smooth or tuberculate, apices rostrate, each bearing central neck or boss, rostra obscure in mature fruits);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">pappi 0, or persistent, coroniform (erose or fimbrillate to lacerate, 0.1–0.6 mm).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pappus presence;pappus duration;pappus shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 15.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Sphagneticola
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=O. Hoffmann
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|illustrator=Bee F. Gunn
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin
|publication year=1900
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Sphagneticola
|base shape=cuneate
|blade shape=3-lobed;mostly trullate;lanceolate
|corolla coloration=yellow;orange
|cypsela shape=strongly biconvex;plumply 3-4-angled
|disc-floret quantity=30;60
|disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual
|face pubescence or relief=scabrous
|head architecture or arrangement=radiate
|head arrangement=singly
|involucre diameter=6mm;12mm
|involucre shape=obconic
|leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe shape=lance-triangular
|margin shape=toothed;entire
|pappus duration=persistent
|pappus presence=absent
|pappus shape=coroniform
|phyllary duration=persistent
|phyllary quantity=12;15
|ray-floret architecture=pistillate
|ray-floret quantity=4;10
|ray-floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=paleate
|receptacle shape=convex;conic
|series quantity=2;3
|stem architecture=branched
|stem growth form or orientation=prostrate
|throat shape=campanulate
|tube height or length or size=shorter
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=30cm;200cm
|x chromosome quantity=15
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