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rayless leafcup, white-flower leaf-cup

cossatot mountain leafcup

Habit Perennials. Annuals.
Stems

pilosulous to villous and/or stipitate-glandular.

pilosulous to villous and/or stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

petioles 3–8(–12+) cm, sometimes raggedly winged;

blades 4–20(–40+) × 2–12(–25+) cm, larger usually deeply pinnately lobed, lobes 5–7.

petioles 2–10 cm, not winged;

blades 4–12(–18+) × 2–8(–12+) cm, shallowly, if at all, pinnately lobed.

Cypselae

3–4 mm, 3-angled or -ribbed.

4.5–6 mm, 5-angled or -ribbed.

2n

= 30.

Polymnia canadensis

Polymnia cossatotensis

Phenology Flowering May–Aug(–Oct). Flowering Sep–Oct.
Habitat Damp, shaded sites, calcareous soils Cherty outcrops
Elevation 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CT; DC; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MI; MN; MO; NC; NY; OH; OK; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 39. FNA vol. 21, p. 40.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Polymniinae > Polymnia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Polymniinae > Polymnia
Sibling taxa
P. cossatotensis, P. laevigata
P. canadensis, P. laevigata
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 926. (1753) Pittman & V. M. Bates: Sida 13: 481, figs. 1, 2. (1989)
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