Vernonia acaulis |
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stemless ironweed |
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Habit | Plants 4–6(–10) dm. |
Stems | ± puberulent, glabrescent. |
Leaves | mostly basal; blades oblong-elliptic to spatulate (basal, the distal narrower), 11–25(–30) cm × (21–)60–75+ mm, l/w = 2–4(–5+), abaxially usually glabrous or glabrate, sometimes hirsutulous on veins, usually resin-gland-dotted, adaxially ± scabrellous or glabrate. |
Peduncles | 5–50 mm. |
Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric, 5–10 × 6–7 mm. |
Florets | 30–40(–55+). |
Phyllaries | 40–60 in 5–6 series, glabrate, margins ciliolate, the outer lance-linear, 2–4 mm, inner lance-ovate to lance-subulate, 5–9 mm, tips subulate to filiform. |
Heads | in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2.5–3+ mm; pappi whitish to stramineous, outer scales ca. 20, 0.6–1 mm, contrasting with 25–40, 5–7+ mm inner bristles. |
2n | = 34. |
Vernonia acaulis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open woods, pine savannas, bogs, disturbed places |
Elevation | 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 208. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Chrysocoma acaulis |
Name authority | (Walter) Gleason: Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 222. (1906) |
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