Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Marshallia angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. cynanthera
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Marshallia graminifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Biosystematic & phenetic analysis of Marshallia (Watson & Estes, 1990)
Marshallia graminifolia ssp. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Marshallia tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia graminifolia
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons, Gulf Coast Barbara's-buttons
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_tenuifolia_3
July
Flowers are borne in a single congested head at the tip of the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_tenuifolia_9
July
Members of this genus are glandular-dotted perennials w a peduncle over 5cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_tenuifolia_18
September
Lvs basally disposed, either all below stem midpoint or upper markedly smaller, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Marshallia angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. cynanthera
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Marshallia graminifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Biosystematic & phenetic analysis of Marshallia (Watson & Estes, 1990)
Marshallia graminifolia ssp. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Marshallia tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia graminifolia
3124
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Common
Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal leaves have petioles.
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Usually pale lavender to purplish, nearly white
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Brownish
Achene
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