Balduina atropurpurea

R. M. Harper

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 483. 1901.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 420. Mentioned on page 419.

Perennials (fibrous-rooted). Stems 1–4+, branched. Leaves glabrous or sparsely hairy adaxially, hairy abaxially; basal present or absent at flowering, linear-spatulate, 7–32 × 0.4–1 cm; proximal cauline linear-spatulate, 3.8–6.2 × 0.2–0.6 cm; mid and distal cauline similar, smaller, distalmost bractlike. Peduncles 5.5–20 cm, hairy. Heads 1–4. Involucres 15–25 mm diam. Phyllaries abaxially hairy; outer green to purple, ovate, 2.9–5.4 mm, apices acute; inner purple, lanceolate, 4.5–7.6 mm, apices acuminate. Receptacles: pit borders toothed to almost entire at angles. Ray-florets 8–22, tubes 3–5 mm, laminae 16–27 × 3.5–5.5 mm. Disc-florets 40–190; corollas purple (at least tips), 4–7 mm; style-branches purple. Cypselae 1.3–2.2 mm; pappi of lanceolate, entire or apically lacerate scales 1.5–2.1 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Pitcher plant bogs, wet pinelands and savannas
Elevation: 0–100 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Balduina atropurpurea"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
acuminate;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Brian R. Keener +
R. M. Harper +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
mid +, cauline +  and proximal +
linear-spatulate;linear-spatulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;linear-spatulate;spatulate;linear-spatulate;linear +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
purple +, orange-red +  and yellow +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
0–100 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Pitcher plant bogs, wet pinelands and savannas +
discoid +  and radiate +
in loose , corymbiform to paniculiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
hemispheric;broadly campanulate +
16mm;27mm +
3.5mm;5.5mm +
hairy +  and glabrous +
deltate +
green +  and purple +
connate +  and distinct +
unequal +  and subequal +
0.29 cm2.9 mm <br />0.0029 m <br /> (0.54 cm5.4 mm <br />0.0054 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
30 +  and 50 +
toothed to almost +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
7 +  and 12 +
lacerate +, entire +  and lanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 4 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Balduina atropurpurea +
Balduina +
species +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
shorter/longer +
dilated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
toothed +  and entire +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.76 cm7.6 mm <br />0.0076 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +