NameThatPlant.net: Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Arnoglossum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Arnoglossum ovatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-001:

Cacalia lanceolata FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mesadenia lanceolata

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Indian-plantain

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image of Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum, Savanna Indian-plantain

Keith Bradley kab_a_ovatum_09134

April Collier County FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Flowers borne in numerous upright heads within a flat-topped inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arnoglossum ovatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-001:
Cacalia lanceolata FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia lanceolata

3145

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, especially over coquina limestone ("marl"), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA (rare in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Larger leaves parallel veined
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p116

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