Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. cruiseana

(Dress) Semple

Canad. J. Bot. 58: 148. 1980.

Common names: Cruise’s goldenaster
Basionym: Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress Gentes Herb. 8: 408, fig. 126. 1954
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Mentioned on page 220, 221.

Perennials, 10–50 cm. Stems 1–80 (older plants), procumbent, branched proximally. Leaves: mid and distal cauline numerous, crowded; blades linear-elliptic to oblong, margins not ciliate, glabrous. Heads in compact umbelliform arrays. Phyllaries appressed, glabrate or glabrous, a few stipitate-glands proximally on outer series. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Oct–Dec.
Habitat: Sand dunes
Elevation: 0–10 m

Discussion

Subspecies cruiseana is found in the western panhandle of Florida and adjacent Alabama, on the Gulf coast and barrier islands. Its habitat is threatened through destruction of the coastal dune systems. Putative subsp. cruiseana plants seen from South Carolina are atypical forms of subsp. gossypina forma trichophylla with small leaves and slightly glandular phyllaries; they do have the prostrate habit and general appearance of typical subsp. cruiseana. Hybridization with subsp. hyssopifolia occurs in scattered locations where barrier islands contact the mainland in Florida. Hybrids with C. godfreyi have been collected in Fort Walton Beach, Florida (J. C. Semple and C. C. Chinnappa 1980).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
recurved +  and spreading +
attenuate;acute;mucronate;obtuse;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +
(Dress) Semple +
spatulate +  and oblanceolate +
decurrent +
Chrysopsis cruiseana +
compound +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
linear-elliptic;oblong +
reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
stipitate-glandular +, woolly +  and glabrous +
oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
stipitate-glandular +, woolly +  and glabrous +
oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
whitish +  and stramineous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ovate +, elliptic +, lanceolate +  and linear +
Cruise’s goldenaster +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
ampliate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
0-6-ridged +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +  and Fla. +
0–10 m +
gland-dotted +
long-strigose +, usually glabrate +  and sparsely densely woolly or +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sand dunes +
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
flagelliform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
campanulate;hemispheric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1.5mm;3mm +
cauline +  and mid +
triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
woolly or +  and sparsely densely stipitate-glandular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering Oct–Dec. +
foliaceous +  and 1-nerved +
glabrous +  and glabrate +
linear +  and linear-oblanceolate +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
Canad. J. Bot. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
linear +  and linear-triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
erect +  and ascending +
woolly +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 80 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Heterotheca gossypina +
Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. cruiseana +
Chrysopsis gossypina +
subspecies +
110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
9 +, 4 +  and 5 +