Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & F.E.Boynton

Monongahela barbara's buttons (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Marshallia

Characteristics

Single-stemmed or clustered from a short caudex, 2–9 dm, puberulent under the heads, otherwise glabrous; lvs 3-nerved, somewhat basally disposed, the lower evidently petiolate, with broadly oblanceolate or spatulate to elliptic blade 5–15 × 1–3 cm, the others sessile and ± reduced upwards; internodes 5–12; heads 2–3.5 cm wide in fl, solitary on a terminal peduncle 1–3 dm; receptacular and invol bracts acute; 2n=18. Moist to wet places in woods, meadows, and along streams; Appalachian region from sw. Pa. to N.C. and Tenn. June–Aug.
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Plants 20–90 cm. Leaves mostly basal; basal petiolate (distal sessile, reduced); blades 3-nerved, ± elliptic, broadly oblanceolate, or spatulate, 12–25 cm × 14–19 mm. Heads 1–2, 26–45 mm diam. Peduncles 10–20 cm. Phyllaries 8–11 × 2–4 mm, apices acute. Paleae ± linear, apices acute. Corollas pink, lobes 3–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm. Pappi: scale margins serrulate. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

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Images

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Distribution

Marshallia grandiflora world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:153643-2
WFO ID wfo-0000044654
COL ID 3Y95K
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Synonyms

Marshallia grandiflora