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Acanthospermum australe

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Name

Identification
Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Acanthospermum australe

Flora

Entry for Acanthospermum australe (Loefling) Kuntze [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 21,
Names
Acanthospermum australe (Loefling) Kuntze [family COMPOSITAE], Revis. Gen. Pl., 1: 303. 1891
Melampodium australe Loefling [family COMPOSITAE], Iter Hispan., 268. 1758
Treatment Author(s)
John L. Strother
Information
Plants 10–60(–120+) cm. Stems ± procumbent. Leaf blades deltate to ± rhombic or ovate, 13–37 × 7–32 mm, faces sparsely scabrellous to glabrate or glabrescent, gland-dotted. Fruits plumply ellipsoid to fusiform, weakly compressed, 7–9+ mm, 5–7-ribbed, lacking terminal spines, prickles ± uncinate, mostly along ribs. 2n = 22.
Phenology
year round
Altitude range
0–300 m;
Distribution
South Americaalso introduced in MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaPacific Islands (Hawaii).USA Ala.USA Ark.USA D.C.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA Mass.USA Miss.USA N.C.USA Oreg.USA Pa.USA S.C.USA Tex.USA Va.
Discussion
Reports of Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) de Candolle from New York are evidently based on specimens of A. australe.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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