Sachsia polycephala

Grisebach

Cat. Pl. Cub., 151. 1866.

Common names: Bahama sachsia
Illustrated
Synonyms: Sachsia bahamensis Urban Sachsia divaricata Grisebach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 478.

Plants 10–60 cm. Leaf-blades 2–12 × 1–4 cm, margins denticulate to coarsely and regularly dentate or repand-dentate with callous-tipped teeth. Involucres 5–8 mm. Phyllaries: apices acute, abaxial faces ± glandular. Ray or pistillate corollas: laminae ca. 0.5 mm or none. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm; pappi 3–4 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Dec–Apr(–May), sporadically year-round.
Habitat: Rocky pinelands, pine-palm woods, commonly moist habitats
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies (Bahamas), West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Hispaniola), West Indies (Jamaica)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Sachsia polycephala"
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Grisebach +
sericeous-woolly +
decurrent +
Undefined tribe Plucheinae +
compound +  and simple +
obovate;oblanceolate or spatulate +
ribbed;smooth +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
connate +  and distinct +
Bahama sachsia +
cylindric +  and narrowly ellipsoid +
Fla. +, West Indies (Bahamas) +, West Indies (Cuba) +, West Indies (Hispaniola) +  and West Indies (Jamaica) +
0–10 m +
strigillose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Rocky pinelands, pine-palm woods, commonly moist habitats +
disciform +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
cylindric-ovoid;urceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
deltate +
repand-dentate +  and dentate +
denticulate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Dec–Apr(–May), sporadically year-round. +
Cat. Pl. Cub., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
8 +  and 12 +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
branched +  and simple +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Sachsia bahamensis +  and Sachsia divaricata +
Sachsia polycephala +
species +
callous-tipped +
rhizomatous +  and fibrous-rooted +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +