Melampodium strigosum Stuessy

Shaggy blackfoot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Melampodium

Characteristics

Annuals, 5–35+ cm. Leaf blades oblanceolate to oblong-linear, 15–55+ × 3–12+ mm, lengths 4–6+ times widths, sometimes pinnately 2–4-lobed, ultimate margins ± dentate or entire. Peduncles 0–3(–11+) mm. Outer phyllaries 5, connate 0–1/6 their lengths, lance-elliptic, 3–6 mm. Ray florets 5–8; corollas yellow, laminae oblong-ovate, 0.6–1.1+ × 0.5–10.8+ mm. Disc florets 5–8+. Fruits 2.2–3 mm. 2n = 40.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Melampodium strigosum world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156215-2
WFO ID wfo-0000056888
COL ID 3Z4KR
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Synonyms

Melampodium strigosum Melampodium coronopifolium