Agarista populifolia

(Lamarck) Judd

J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 495. 1979 ,.

Common names: Pipe-plant pipe-stem wood
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Andromeda populifolia Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 159. 1783
Synonyms: Leucothoë acuminata (Aiton) G. Don Leucothoë populifolia (Lamarck) Dipple
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 499.

Plants to 7 m. Stems terete, with chambered pith. Leaf-blades 2.6–9 (–11.2) × 0.9–4 (–5) cm, base narrowly cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate, surfaces sometimes stipitate-glandular-hairy, hairy on midvein adaxially. Flowers: calyx lobes 0.9–2 × 0.6–1.5 mm; corolla 6–9.5 × 3–5 mm, glabrous; filaments 4–5.5 mm; style impressed into ovary apex. Capsules 3–4 × 4.5–6.5 mm, placentae subapical. Seeds brown, 1.4–2 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering early spring–spring.
Habitat: Acid swamps to moist broadleaved forests, especially along streams, in ravines, or near springs
Elevation: 0-50 m

Discussion

Agarista populifolia is occasionally used as an ornamental; it is the northernmost species of the genus, and is closely related to A. sleumeri Judd of Mexico. Agarista populifolia is rather variable in glandular indumentum and in the size and margins of the leaves. The plants are apparently very rare in Georgia, and the two known collections from that state lack exact localities; W. Bartram (1791) reported it growing along Saint Mary’s River.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Agarista populifolia"
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
acuminate +
Walter S. Judd +
(Lamarck) Judd +
furrowed +  and smooth +
not flaky +
narrowly cuneate;rounded +
Andromeda populifolia +
coriaceous +
0.6mm;1.5mm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Pipe-plant +  and pipe-stem wood +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br />) +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
cylindric +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Fla. +, Ga. +  and S.C. +
0-50 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
flattened +  and geniculate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
truncate to capitate +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
subglobose;short-ovoid +
Acid swamps to moist broadleaved forests, especially along streams, in ravines, or near springs +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (11.2 cm112 mm <br />0.112 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
pseudoverticillate +  and alternate +
persistent +
serrate +  and entire +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
reduced +
not sticky +
Flowering early spring–spring. +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
distinct +
narrowly oblong +  and pyramidal or angular-obovoid +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
deltate +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
procumbent +  and creeping +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
straight +
reticulodromous +, long-stalked +  and multicellular +
hairy +  and stipitate-glandular-hairy +
Leucothoë acuminata +  and Leucothoë populifolia +
Agarista populifolia +
Agarista +
species +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +
multicellular-hairy +