Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Vahl

Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 2(2): 29, plate 4. 1793.

Common names: Clasping or clasping-leaf coneflower
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Dracopis amplexicaulis (Vahl) Cassini
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 46.

Leaf-blades 3–15 × 0.5–4 cm. Involucres 1–4 cm diam. Phyllaries spreading to reflexed, green, linear to lanceolate, herbaceous. Ray laminae spreading, eventually reflexed, elliptic to obovate, 12–30 × 7–15 mm, abaxially hirsute. Disc corollas 2.8–3.5 mm. Cypselae: each face 4–5-striate and minutely cross-rugose, glabrous; pappi 0 (cypselae each with ring of tan tissue at apex, ca. 0.1 mm). 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Open sites, moist soils
Elevation: 0–400 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., La., Miss., Mo., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Rudbeckia amplexicaulis grows mainly in the Gulf coastal plain and Mississippi Embayment. It may be adventive elsewhere. It is used in “native” meadow and roadside plantings and has become a problem in some agricultural crops.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Rudbeckia amplexicaulis"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subulate;mucronate;obtuse;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and loose +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Lowell E. Urbatsch +  and Patricia B. Cox +
sessile +  and petiolate +
auriculate +
Obeliscaria subg. Dracopis +
compound +  and simple +
ovate;oblong;ovate;oblong;oblanceolate;lanceolate;elliptic;not lobed;ovate;oblong;ovate;oblong;oblanceolate;lanceolate;elliptic +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (?) +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Clasping or clasping-leaf coneflower +
purplish +, greenish yellow +, maroon +, orange +  and yellow +
hairy +  and glabrous +
flattened +, fusiform-terete +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
8mm;15mm +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
0–400 m +
cross-rugose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open sites, moist soils +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
fusiform;turbinate or broadly campanulate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
bluish green +
deltate +  and lance-linear +
serrate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0 +  and 2 +
subulate +  and aristate +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
spreading +  and reflexed +
3 +  and 21 +
Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
reflexed +  and spreading +
elliptic +  and obovate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
pitted +  and smooth +
ovoid;conic +
connate +  and distinct +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
Dracopis amplexicaulis +
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis +
Rudbeckia sect. Dracopis +
species +
cylindric +
entire +  and toothed +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +