Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Emilia fosbergii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Emilia fosbergii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Emilia fosbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Emilia fosbergii
COMMON NAME:
Salmon Tasselflower, Cupid’s-shaving-brush
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Keith Bradley kab_e_fosbergii_76752
July Miami-Dade County FL
Corollas salmon or red-orange; involucre 1-2(-3)x as high as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Emilia fosbergii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Emilia fosbergii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Emilia fosbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Emilia fosbergii
3945
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, flower beds, landscaping, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Old World tropics
Rare in GA (waifs in the Carolinas)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
Leaves sessile and auriculate to winged-petiolate and clasping
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Salmon or red-orange
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile (or inner functionally staminate)
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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