Astranthium integrifolium
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Species: | A. integrifolium
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Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt.
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Astranthium integrifolium (entireleaf western daisy[3] or eastern western-daisy) is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to the east-central part of the United States primarily the Cumberland Plateau and Ohio/Tennessee Valley. It is found in the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia, with isolated populations in Mississippi and West Virginia.[4][5][6]
Astranthium integrifolium is an annual, usually with an unbranched stem up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Flower heads are usually borne one at a time, with white or bluish ray florets and yellow disc florets.[7]
Its natural habitat is in limestone glades and barrens, and thin rocky woodlands.[8]
References[]
- ^ Flora of North America, Astranthium Nuttall
- ^ The Plant List Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt.
- ^ "Astranthium integrifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Nesom, G. L. 2005c. Taxonomic review of Astranthium integrifolium (Asteraceae: Astereae). Sida 21: 2015–2021.
- ^ De Jong, D. C. D. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Astranthium (Compositae, Astereae). Publications of the Museum of Michigan State University, Biological Series 2: 429–528.
- ^ Flora of North America, Eastern western-daisy, Astranthium integrifolium (Michaux) Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 312. 1840.
- ^ Weakley, Alan (2020). "Flora of the Southeastern United States".
External links[]
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
- Wildflower Lense, Astranthium integrifolium
Categories:
- Astereae
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Plants described in 1803
- Astereae stubs