Flora of North America species comparison

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Hasteola suaveolens

false Indian plantain
Habit Plants (60–)100–120(–240) cm.
Leaves

basal and proximal cauline 20–30(–40) cm, proximal cauline blades hastate to deltate or lanceolate.
Involucres

campanulate to obconic, 11–14 mm.
Florets

18–55;

corollas ochroleucous or white (rarely pinkish), 8–9(–10.5) mm;

anthers 2–2.5 mm.
Phyllaries

(10–)12–14(–17).
Cypselae

pale green to light brown, 5–7(–9) mm;

pappi 6–7 mm.
2n

= 20.

Hasteola suaveolens
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Rich woods, shaded, wet areas bordering streams
Elevation 10–300+ m (0–1000+ ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; MN; MO; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; WI; WV
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Discussion

Hasteola suaveolens is now less common or absent in the northeastern part of its historic range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 611.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Hasteola
Sibling taxa
H. robertiorum
Synonyms Cacalia suaveolens, Senecio suaveolens, Synosma suaveolens
Name authority (Linnaeus) Pojarkova: Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 381. (1960)
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