Carphephorus corymbosus
Fl. N. Amer. 2: 67. 1841.
Common names: Florida paintbrush
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Liatris corymbosa Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 132. 1818
Plants 30–120 cm. Stems villoso-hirsute to hirsute, eglandular. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline oblanceolate, mostly 6–20 cm; cauline gradually reduced, faces glanddotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles hirsute, eglandular. Involucres (6–) 7–10 mm. Phyllaries 15–40+ in 3–5+ series, broadly elliptic, glabrous and eglandular (margins hyaline-scarious, erose or ciliate), apices rounded. Receptacles paleate (at least peripherally). Corollas eglandular, lobes ca. 1 mm. Cypselae eglandular; pappus bristles in ± 1 series. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Sand ridges, roadsides, flats, dry, pine and longleaf pine-turkey oak woods, pine-palmetto, palmetto flats
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Fla., Ga., S.C.
Discussion
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introrse +
connate +
rounded +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
flat-topped +
continuous +
glabrous +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
linear;oblanceolate or spatulate +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-clavate +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
coarse +
absent +
reduced +
Florida paintbrush +
eglandular +
eglandular +
10-ribbed +
hispid-strigose +
scabrellous +
prismatic +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
12;35 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
Sand ridges, roadsides, flats, dry, pine and longleaf pine-turkey oak woods, pine-palmetto, palmetto flats +
discoid +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
Present +
surrounding +
campanulate;hemispheric +
alternate +
oblanceolate +
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2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
eglandular +
hirsute +
tough +
thick +
connate +
eglandular +
elliptic +
persistent +
distinct +
glabrous +
unequal +
equal +
Fl. N. Amer. +
1841 +
absent +
paleate +
convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;3;5 +
alternate +
eglandular +
erect +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Carphephorus corymbosus +
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perennial +