OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Arnoglossum ovatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-001:

Cacalia lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mesadenia lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Indian-plantain


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image of Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum, Savanna Indian-plantain

Keith Bradley    kab_a_ovatum_09134

April    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Flowers borne in numerous upright heads within a flat-topped inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arnoglossum ovatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-001:
Cacalia lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia lanceolata

 

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3145

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, especially over coquina limestone ("marl"), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA (rare in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Larger leaves parallel veined
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene

 

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