Descriptive
Information
- Field
marks: "Heads many, stalked,
of yellow disk and ray florets. Heads usually borne on 1 side of
hte floral branches. Inflorescence a club-shaped panicle, often
leafy at the base. Leaves alternate, smooth, elliptic, entire, somewhat
flesh. Stem leaves numerous, sessile. Uppermost stem leaves reduced,
linear, lying close to the stem. Basal leaves long and wide. Stem
stout, smooth or nearly so."
- Size:
"To 6 ft. (2 m) tall or more"
- General
habitat: "Open pinelands and
coastal sites"
- Geographic
range: Throughout the state of Florida
- Ecosystem(s)
where observed: Pineland
- Other
information: "Flowering time
all year. Plant somewhat succulent. Family--Asteraceae (aster or
daisy)."
- References:
Taylor, Walter K. 1992. The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Taylor
Publishing Co. p.189.
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