Flora of North America species comparison

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Conoclinium coelestinum

blue mistflower
Stems

usually erect, sometimes decumbent or procumbent (rooting at nodes).
Leaf

blades triangular to deltate or ovate, 2–7(–13) cm, bases usually cuneate to truncate, rarely subcordate, margins serrate to serrate-dentate or crenate, apices acute.
Corollas

blue to blue-violet or rosy-violet, (1.6–)2–2.5 mm.
Phyllaries

3.5–4 mm.
Cypselae

1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi: bristle tips not dilated.
2n

= 20.

Conoclinium coelestinum
Phenology Flowering (Jun–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat Stream banks, lakeshores, coastal and inland sands, pine-oak woodlands, low woods, flood plains, ditches, ravines, bogs, wet slopes, pine savannas, disturbed sites, roadsides, along railroads
Elevation 50–400 m (200–1300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; ON
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 480.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Conoclinium
Sibling taxa
C. betonicifolium, C. dissectum
Synonyms Eupatorium coelestinum, C. dichotomum
Name authority (Linnaeus) de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 135. (1836)
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