Doellingeria sericocarpoides Small

Southern whitetop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Doellingeria

Characteristics

Plants 50–150 cm (short-to long-rhizomatous). Stems usually 1, ascending to erect, striate, glab-rous proximal to heads. Cauline leaves: mid and distal crowded, blades lanceolate (proximal) to ovate (distal), 30–110 × 15–40 mm, reduced distally, stiff, bases cuneate, margins involute to weakly revolute, finely ciliate, apices acuminate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy. Heads (8–) 30–130(–200). Peduncles 1–10 mm, sparsely to moderately canescent; bracts linear-lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Involucres 3.2–6 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, midveins often swollen, translucent apically, apices broadly rounded, glabrate. Rays 2–7; laminae (6–)8–12(–14.5) × 1–3 mm. Disc florets 4–13(–20); corollas 4–7 mm, lobes 2–4.2 mm, 60–75% of limbs. Cypselae 1.5–3.7 mm, 6–8-ribbed, sparsely strigose; pappi: outer 0.4–1.1 mm, inner 4–7 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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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82766-2
WFO ID wfo-0000066117
COL ID 373T4
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Synonyms

Doellingeria sericocarpoides Aster sericocarpoides Aster umbellatus var. latifolius Doellingeria umbellata var. latifolia