Helenium amarum var. amarum

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 428.
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Plants (10–) 20–60 (–100) cm. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline usually withered by flowering; basal blades linear to ovate, usually entire or pinnately toothed sometimes pinnatifid; proximal blades usually linear, usually entire, sometimes pinnately toothed. Ray corollas 6.5–14 × 4–10 mm. Disc-florets 75–150+; corollas yellow to yellowbrown distally, 2–2.7 mm. Cypselae 0.9–1.3 mm; pappi of 6–8 scales 1.2–1.8 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Jul–Oct(–Dec)
Habitat: Roadsides and fields
Elevation: 20–400 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Calif., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ind., Kans., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Variety amarum is introduced in California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Mark W. Bierner +
(Rafinesque) H. Rock +
pinnatifid +, linear +  and ovate usually entire or pinnately toothed +
decurrent +
Gaillardia amara +
compound +  and simple +
pinnatifid;lobed;spatulate;ovate;spatulate;ovate;oblong;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
yellow +  and yellowbrown +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
4-5-angled +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, La. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
20–400 m +
gland-dotted +
glabrous or +  and sparsely densely hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Roadsides and fields +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
globoid;hemispheric;globose +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
hairy +  and glabrous +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate +, oblong +, oblanceolate +, linear +, lanceolate +  and elliptic +
unequal +  and subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
Flowering (Feb–)Jul–Oct(–Dec) +
9 +  and 34 +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
ovoid;hemispheric;ovoid;hemispheric;globose;conic +
6 +  and 8 +
aristate +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
not winged +  and branched +
3 (?) +  and 15 (?) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 3 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Helenium tenuifolium +
Helenium amarum var. amarum +
Helenium amarum +
variety +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
dilated +
toothed +  and entire +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +