familyPlantaginaceae
genusMecardonia
speciesMecardonia acuminata
varietyMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata

Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata

Adjoa Richardson Ahedor
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 274. Mentioned on page 273.
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Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems branched from middle, rarely diffuse. Leaf-blades 20–30 mm. Fruiting pedicels divaricate, 17–35 mm, 1–2 times bracts.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Moist sand and loam, near streams, ditches, roadsides, partial shade.
Elevation: 0–900 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Abaxial lip orientation
projecting +  and spreading +
Abaxial lip prominence
not prominent +
Abaxial lip quantity
3 +
Adaxial lip quantity
2 +
Adaxial lobe fusion
connate +
Adaxial lobe lengths
1/2 (2/3) +
Androecium position
hypogynous +
Author
Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
Authority
(Walter) Small +
Basal leaf architecture
simple +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Basionyms
Gratiola acuminata +
Blade-leaf distance
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Blade length
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Blade size or quantity
1-2 times bracts +
Blade texture
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
Blade width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bract arrangement
divaricate +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract some measurement
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Bracteole size
smaller +
Calyx architecture or shape
symmetric +
Calyx lobe size
unequal +
Calyx position relational
not surrounding +
Calyx shape
campanulate +
Capsule some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Caudex texture
woody +  and herbaceous +
Corolla architecture
bilabiate +
Corolla architecture or shape
symmetric +
Corolla coloration
white +
Corolla shape
campanulate +
Distribution
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
Drupe shape
drupe-like +
Elevation
0–900 m. +
Embryo course
curved +  and straight +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower quantity
1 +  and 4 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Habitat
Moist sand and loam, near streams, ditches, roadsides, partial shade. +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Leaf arrangement
opposite +
Leaf duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
ovate +
Margin architecture or shape
serrate +
Margin shape
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary arrangement
axile +  and parietal +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
basal +, apical +  and superior +
Ovule architecture
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
Ovule orientation
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
Panicle architecture
spiciform +
Pedicel arrangement
divaricate +
Pedicel orientation
ascending +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +  and 4 +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
Pistil architecture
2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Publication title
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
Publication year
1903 +
Reference
None +
Rim presence
absent +
Rim size
minute +
Seed coloration
black +
Seed quantity
40;60 +
Seed shape
angled +
Sepal atypical quantity
2 (4) +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Stamen architecture
didynamous +
Stamen atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen quantity
4 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode variability
equal +
Stem architecture
branched +
Stem architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Stem density
diffuse +
Stem growth form
climbing +  and scrambling +
Stem growth form or orientation
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem presence
absent +
Stem pubescence
glabrous +
Stem some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
2-lobed +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style atypical quantity
0 (?) +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Bacopa acuminata +
Taxon family
Plantaginaceae +
Taxon name
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata +
Taxon parent
Mecardonia acuminata +
Taxon rank
variety +
Throat pubescence
pilose +
Tube base shape
gibbous +  and not spurred +
Vein coloration
reddish +  and purple +
Vein coloration or density
purple +
Volume
Volume 17 +
Wall architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Wall arrangement
radial +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism nutrition
autotrophic +
Whole organism texture
fleshy +
Wing presence
absent +
Wing quantity
11 +