Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius

Illustrated
Synonyms: Erechtites hieraciifolius var. intermedius (Rafinesque) Fernald Erechtites hieraciifolius var. praealtus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 604. Mentioned on page 603.

Stems and leaves dry or turgid, not succulent. Receptacles 5–8 mm diam. Cypselae 2.3–3 mm, nerves 10–12.2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat: Usually semidisturbed sites in open woods
Elevation: 0–800 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que. Sask. Ala, Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Mexico, West Indies

Discussion

Variety hieraciifolius is highly variable and mildly weedy. In the flora area, it occurs naturally from Quebec to Florida and westward to about the limits of the eastern deciduous forest; it is sporadically adventive on the West Coast and elsewhere in temperate regions.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
truncate-penicillate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Theodore M. Barkley† +
(Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
decurrent +
Senecio hieraciifolius +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
ovatelanceolate;lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
whitish +  and pale-yellow +
tubular-filiform +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
4-5 mm +, 2.3 +  and 3 +
ribbed or more or less obovoid +  and more or less fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. Sask. Ala +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Mexico +  and West Indies +
0–800 m +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Usually semidisturbed sites in open woods +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
obconic;urceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
distributed +
cauline +  and basal +
not succulent +
erect;spreading +
lanceovate +  and deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
subentire +  and serrate or weakly lobed +
2-carpellate +
Flowering summer–early fall. +
lanceolate +  and linear +
unequal +  and subequal +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
not succulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. intermedius +  and Erechtites hieraciifolius var. praealtus +
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius +
Erechtites hieraciifolius +
variety +
toothed +, denticulate +  and entire +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
vine +, tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +