Amphiachyris dracunculoides |
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common broomweed, prairie broomweed |
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Habit | Plants 30–100(–200) cm. |
Leaf | blades narrowly to broadly lanceolate, 5–60 × 0.5–6 mm. |
Receptacles | deeply pitted, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | 2–3 × 1–2 mm. |
Heads | in crowded corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 1.2–2.2 mm, 7–9-ribbed, short-setulose. |
Primary | stems 0.3–1(–2) mm diam. |
2n | = 10 (rarely 8). |
Amphiachyris dracunculoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Nov. |
Habitat | Calcareous, clay, or sandy soils, disturbed habitats |
Elevation | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NE; NM; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion | Amphiachyris dracunculoides is common in the south-central states, often in relatively large populations. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 88. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Amphiachyris |
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Synonyms | Brachyris dracunculoides, Gutierrezia dracunculoides, Xanthocephalum amoenum var. intermedium |
Name authority | (de Candolle) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 313. (1840) |
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