Vernonia blodgettii

Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 1160, 1338. 1903.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 212. Mentioned on page 208.

Plants 2–3 (–5+) dm. Stems glabrous or glabrate. Leaves mostly cauline; blades lance-linear to linear, 3–7+ cm × 2–8+ mm, l/w = 7–15+, abaxially scabrellous (hairs appressed, awl-shaped), resin-gland-dotted, adaxially scabrellous, glabrescent, resin-gland-dotted. Heads in open, corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Peduncles 12–35 mm. Involucres campanulate to obconic, 6–8 × 6–10 mm. Phyllaries 30–40+ in 4–5 series, puberulent, margins arachno-ciliate, the outer lanceovate, 2–3 mm, inner lance-oblong to linear-oblong, 6–7 mm, tips acute or rounded-apiculate. Florets 18–25+. Cypselae 2.5–3+ mm; pappi stramineous to whitish, outer scales 25–30, 0.5–1.1 mm, contrasting with 30–40+, 5–7+ mm inner bristles. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Damp, peaty or sandy soils
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies (Bahamas)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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resin-gland-dotted +, glabrous +, glabrate +, tomentose +  and pannose +
resin-gland-dotted +  and glabrate +
acute;attenuate +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
John L. Strother +
cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
lance-linear +  and linear +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
resin-gland-dotted +  and glabrescent +
scabrellous +
filiform;linear;filiform;linear;spatulate;oblanceolate;lanceolate;elliptic;ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ribbed;nerved;ribbed;nerved;smooth +
lance-linear;more or less lanceolate +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
pink +  and purplish +
resin-gland-dotted +, more or less strigillose +  and hirtellous +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Fla. +  and West Indies (Bahamas) +
0–10 m +
gland-dotted +
sparsely strigillose +  and tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Damp, peaty or sandy soils +
pedunculate +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
campanulate;obconic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
stramineous +  and whitish +
persistent +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Flowering year-round. +
30 +  and 40 +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
subulate +  and setiform +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and ascending +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
Compositae +
Vernonia blodgettii +
Vernonia +
species +
rounded-apiculate +  and acute +