Doellingeria infirma Greene

Cornel-leaf whitetop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Doellingeria

Characteristics

Plants 40–120 cm (crowns short, woody). Stems 1, ascending to erect, slightly to strongly flexuous, striate, glabrous. Cauline leaves: mid and distal not crowded, blades broadly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 50–130 × 15–45 mm, reduced and narrower distally, bases cuneate, margins flat to ± involute, finely ciliate, apices acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy. Heads (1–)3–33(–78). Peduncles 1–10 mm (leafless or nearly so), sparsely to moderately canescent; bracts linear-lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Involucres 3.8–6.8 mm. Phyllaries in 4–5 series, midveins usually swollen and translucent, apices narrowly rounded , glabrate. Rays (3–)4–8(–11); laminae 6–12(–14.5) × 1–3.3 mm. Disc florets 4–13(–20); corollas 4–7 mm, lobes 2.5–3.5 mm, 50–75% of limbs. Cypselae 1.8–3.8 mm, 6–10-ribbed, glabrous, rarely sparsely strigose, sometimes sparsely glandular; pappi: outer 0.5–1 mm, inner 3.9–5 mm. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Doellingeria infirma world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82762-2
WFO ID wfo-0000038083
COL ID 373SP
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Synonyms

Diplostephium cornifolium Doellingeria humilis Doellingeria infirma Aster cornifolius Doellingeria cornifolia Aster infirmus Chrysopsis humilis Diplopappus cornifolius Aster humilis Doellingeria umbellata subsp. humilis Aster umbellatus var. brevisquamus