Carphephorus carnosus

(Small) C. W. James

Rhodora 60: 120. 1958.

Common names: Pineland chaffhead
Endemic
Basionym: Litrisa carnosa Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 392. 1924
Synonyms: Trilisa carnosa (Small) B. L. Robinson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 536.
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Plants 20–50 (–90) cm. Stems densely puberulous or villoso-hirsute, densely glanddotted. Leaves: basal (in rosettes) oblanceolate, mostly 3–7 (–9) cm; cauline abruptly reduced, not clasping, faces glanddotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles hirsutulous and sparsely glanddotted. Involucres 4.5–6 mm. Phyllaries 5–12 in 1–2 (–3) series, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic-ovate (inner pectinate-ciliate), villoso-hirsute, glanddotted, apices acute to obtuse-mucronate. Receptacles epaleate or partially paleate (paleae 1–2). Corollas glandular, lobes 0.8–1 mm. Cypselae eglandular; pappus bristles in ± 2 series. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Low pinelands, pine and pine-palmetto flatwoods, grass-sedge bogs, seepage slopes, ditches, prairies
Elevation: 60–100 m

Discussion

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... more about "Carphephorus carnosus"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acute;obtuse-mucronate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
flat-topped +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Small) C. W. James +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
Litrisa carnosa +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
linear;oblanceolate or spatulate +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-clavate +
Pineland chaffhead +
blue +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
hispid-strigose +
scabrellous +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
60–100 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Low pinelands, pine and pine-palmetto flatwoods, grass-sedge bogs, seepage slopes, ditches, prairies +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate;hemispheric +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
dentate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
persistent +
Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov). +
villoso-hirsute +
5 +  and 12 +
paleate +  and epaleate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
not branched +
villoso-hirsute +  and puberulous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Trilisa carnosa +
Carphephorus carnosus +
Carphephorus +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +