Flora of North America species comparison

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Polymnia canadensis

Polymnia laevigata

rayless leafcup, white-flower leaf-cup

Tennessee leafcup
Habit Perennials. Perennials.
Stems

pilosulous to villous and/or stipitate-glandular.

glabrous or glabrate.
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 3–10+ cm, seldom, if ever, winged;

blades 4–20(–40+) × 2–12(25+) cm, larger usually deeply pinnately lobed, lobes 5–11.
Cypselae

3–4 mm, 3-angled or -ribbed.

ca. 3 mm, 4–6-angled or -ribbed.
2n

= 30.

= 30.

Polymnia canadensis

Polymnia laevigata
Phenology Flowering May–Aug(–Oct). Flowering Jul.
Habitat Damp, shaded sites, calcareous soils Damp, shaded sites, calcareous soils
Elevation 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) 10–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
AL; FL; GA; KY; MO; TN
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 39. FNA vol. 21, p. 39.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Polymniinae > Polymnia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Polymniinae > Polymnia
Sibling taxa
P. cossatotensis, P. laevigata
P. canadensis, P. cossatotensis
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 926. (1753) Beadle: Bot. Gaz. 25: 278. (1898)
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