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false Indian plantain

hammockherb

Habit Plants (60–)100–120(–240) cm. Plants (50–)60–100(–150) cm.
Leaves

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

basal 25–54 cm, proximal cauline 25–32 cm, proximal cauline blades deltate (distal appearing sessile, petioles prominently winged).

Involucres

campanulate to obconic, 11–14 mm.

cylindric, 8–12.5 mm.

Florets

18–55;

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

anthers 2–2.5 mm.

10–14;

corollas pale greenish white, 9–10 mm;

anthers 1.5–2 mm.

Phyllaries

(10–)12–14(–17).

7–9.

Cypselae

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

pappi 6–7 mm.

light golden brown with darker brown veins, 6–9 mm;

pappi 4–6 mm.

2n

= 20.

= 20.

Hasteola suaveolens

Hasteola robertiorum

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

Hasteola robertiorum is known only from Lake and Levy counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 611. FNA vol. 20, p. 611.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Hasteola Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Hasteola
Sibling taxa
H. robertiorum
H. suaveolens
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) L. C. Anderson: Syst. Bot. 19: 212, figs. 1, 2. (1994)
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