Conoclinium betonicifolium
Phytologia 19: 300. 1970.
Common names: Betony-leaf mistflower
Basionym: Eupatorium betonicifolium Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Eupatorium no. 9. 1768
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 479.
Stems decumbent or procumbent (rooting at nodes). Leaf-blades usually oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate, sometimes triangular, 2.5–5 (–11) cm, bases cordate, obtuse, or truncate (often subauriculate), margins usually crenate to dentate, rarely entire, apices rounded to obtuse. Phyllaries ca. 4 mm. Corollas blue to purple, 2.5–3 mm. Cypselae 1.2–1.8 mm, glabrous; pappi: bristle tips dilated.
Distribution
Tex., Mexico
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Leaf blades mostly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, bases cordate to truncate (often subauriculate), margins crenate; coastal habitats | Conoclinium betonicifolium var. betonicifolium |
| 1 | Leaf blades mostly oblanceolate to ovate, bases cordate, obtuse, or truncate, margins crenate or entire; inland habitats along streams and around lakes | Conoclinium betonicifolium var. integrifolium |
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introrse +
connate +
rounded;obtuse +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
continuous +
glabrous +
3-nerved +
triangular;oblong;triangular;oblong;ovate-deltate;ovate;oblanceolate;deltate +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform;linear-clavate +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
coarse +
dilated +
absent +
Betony-leaf mistflower +
not 2-lipped +
monomorphic +
5-ribbed +
glabrous +
prismatic +
1.2mm;1.8mm +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
35;70 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
discoid +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
surrounding +
hemispheric +
petiolate +
opposite +
cauline +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
2-3-nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
equal +
Phytologia +
1970 +
absent +
epaleate +
conic +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;2;3 +
alternate +
branched +
distal +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Conoclinium betonicifolium +
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perennial +