Difference between revisions of "Pterocaulon virgatum"

(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 454. 1836.

Common names: Wand blackroot
Illustrated
Basionym: Gnaphalium virgatum Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1211. 1759
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 477. Mentioned on page 476.
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 29 July 2020

Plants 4–15 dm. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 5–10 (–15) cm × (2–) 5–10 (–14) mm, lengths mostly 6–8 times widths, margins entire or minutely denticulate (revolute). Heads in open, interrupted, ± cylindric arrays (5–) 8–20 cm (main axes visible between glomerules of heads). Involucres campanulate to cylindric, 4–5 mm. Pistillate florets 25–50. Functionally staminate florets 2–4 (–5). Cypselae 1–1.4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Marshy areas, ditches, moist places in woods, in sand, sandy loam, and sandy clay
Elevation: 0–20 m

Distribution

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La., Tex., Mexico (Tamaulipas), West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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whitish-tomentose +
glabrescent +  and glabrous +
obtuse;rounded +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
decurrent +
Gnaphalium virgatum +
compound +  and simple +
obovate;elliptic +
ribbed;smooth +
Wand blackroot +
cylindric +  and fusiform angled or slightly compressed +
La. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Tamaulipas) +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0–20 m +
sessile-glandular +  and stipitate +
usually sparsely strigose +  and hispidulous +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Marshy areas, ditches, moist places in woods, in sand, sandy loam, and sandy clay +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
glandular +  and lanate-tomentose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate;elliptic +
deltate +
entire +  and serrate +
denticulate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
6 +  and 9 +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Pterocaulon virgatum +
Pterocaulon +
species +
lignescent-tuberous-rooted +  and rhizomatous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +