Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia caespitosa +
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia caespitosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Marshallia caespitosa
COMMON NAME:
Barbara's-buttons, Seep Marshallia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_maca7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia caespitosa +
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia caespitosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Marshallia caespitosa
915
Forb
Perennial
Native: south central US
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Usually white, sometimes pale lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Achene
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