Palafoxia feayi |
Palafoxia integrifolia |
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Feay's palafox |
coastal plain palafox |
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Habit | Perennials or subshrubs, 100–300 cm. | Subshrubs or shrubs, 30–150 cm. |
Stems | strigillose to nearly glabrous, not stipitate-glandular. |
strigillose to glabrate, not stipitate-glandular. |
Leaf | blades narrowly elliptic, broadly oblong, or ovate, 20–60 × 5–25 mm. |
blades lanceolate to linear, 25–90 × 2–13 mm. |
Involucres | campanulate or broadly to narrowly turbinate. |
broadly turbinate. |
Ray florets | 0. |
0. |
Disc florets | 15–30; corollas ± actinomorphic, 10–14 mm, throats ± cylindric, longer than lobes. |
10–26; corollas ± actinomorphic, 7–13 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes. |
Phyllaries | 5–9 × 1–1.5 mm, ± equal, ± strigillose. |
8–11 × 1–3.5 mm, unequal, glabrous or glabrate. |
Cypselae | 6–8 mm; pappus scales of inner cypselae 1.5–2 mm. |
5–6 mm; pappus scales of inner cypselae 4–7 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Palafoxia feayi |
Palafoxia integrifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering (spring–)late summer–fall. | Flowering (spring–)late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Sandy soils | Sandy soils |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | 0–50+ m (0–200+ ft) |
Distribution |
FL
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FL; GA
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 390. | FNA vol. 21, p. 390. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Palafoxia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Palafoxia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Polypteris integrifolia | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 59. (1877) | (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 2: 369. (1842) |
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