Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Melanthera angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melanthera angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Melanthera nivea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthera angustifolia
COMMON NAME:
Everglades squarestem, Prairie Black-anthers
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Flower heads with 20-100+ disc florets and (usually) no ray flowers, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Melanthera angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melanthera angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Melanthera nivea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthera angustifolia
2705
Forb
Perennial
Native: Florida
Habitat: Marl prairies, wet pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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