Mecardonia acuminata var. microphylla

(Rafinesque) Pennell

Torreya 22: 79. 1922.

Endemic
Basionym: Ambulia rigida var. microphylla Rafinesque Autik. Bot., 43. 1840
Synonyms: Mecardonia acuminata subsp. microphylla (Rafinesque) Rossow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 274. Mentioned on page 273.
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Stems branched from middle, rarely diffuse. Leaf-blades 20–30 mm. Fruiting pedicels divaricate, 10–18 mm, 1/2–1 times bracts.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Pinelands, swamps, low wet woods, sloughs, wet meadows, bottomland fields and wet open areas.
Elevation: 0–400 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
projecting +  and spreading +
Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
(Rafinesque) Pennell +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Ambulia rigida var. microphylla +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1-2 times bracts +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
woody +  and herbaceous +
campanulate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
drupe-like +
0–400 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Pinelands, swamps, low wet woods, sloughs, wet meadows, bottomland fields and wet open areas. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
minute +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Mecardonia acuminata subsp. microphylla +
Mecardonia acuminata var. microphylla +
Mecardonia acuminata +
variety +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
reddish +  and purple +