WorldFloraDB - Marshallia obovata

Characteristics

Somewhat resembling no. 2 [Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & Boynton], but the lvs a little smaller, seldom over 2 cm wide, and not strongly reduced upwards, the leafy part of the stem giving way abruptly to the long terminal peduncle; invol and receptacular bracts obtuse (sometimes minutely mucronulate), the latter dilated upwards; 2n=18. Meadows and open woods; s. Va. to Ga., Ala., and w. Fla. Apr.–June. Ours is var. obovata.

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Plants 10–60 cm. Leaves mostly basal (distal slightly reduced); basal petiolate; blades 3-nerved, elliptic, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 5–10 cm × 5–15 mm. Heads 1–2, 20–30 mm diam. Peduncles 20–40 cm. Phyllaries 5–10 × 2–3 mm, apices obtuse. Paleae linear-spatulate, apices obtuse. Corollas white, lobes 2.5–6 × 0.5–1 mm. Pappi: scale margins entire or denticulate. 2n = 18.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

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Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:153648-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000092033
COL ID	3Y95R
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Marshallia obovata Athanasia obovata Marshallia obovata var. scaposa Marshallia obovata var. obovata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Marshallia obovata (Walter) Beadle & F.E.Boynton

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Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Marshallia