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Garberia heterophylla

garberia
Leaves

(first in basal rosettes, proximal cauline sometimes opposite or subopposite, distal alternate);

blades grayish green, 15–35 × 7–20 mm, bases cuneate to attenuate, apices rounded or slightly retuse, faces often viscid when fresh.
Peduncles

± 1 cm.
Corollas

8–10 mm, surpassing involucres.
Phyllaries

outer ca. 3 mm;

inner ca. 5–6 mm, more chartaceous.
Cypselae

(6–)7–8 mm;

pappi often tinged with purple, 8–11(–12) mm.

Garberia heterophylla
Phenology Flowering mainly Oct–Dec (sometimes nearly year round).
Habitat Dry, well-drained, sandy soils lacking appreciable organic materials, fire-maintained sand-pine-scrub and oak-scrub communities
Elevation 0–10 m (0–0 ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Of conservation concern (fide www.plantatlas.usf.edu).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 539.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Garberia
Synonyms Cacalia heterophylla, G. fruticosa
Name authority (W. Bartram) Merrill & F. Harper: Bartonia 23: 24. (1945)
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