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Buphthalmum frutescens

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Identification
Buphthalmum frutescens L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by James L. Reveal, Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal,
Related name
  • Borrichia frutescens
  • Borrichia arborescens
  • Borrichia argentea
  • Buphthalmum sp.
  • Buphthalmum frutescens

Flora

Entry for Borrichia frutescens (Linnaeus) de Candolle [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
Borrichia frutescens (Linnaeus) de Candolle [family COMPOSITAE], in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr., 5: 489. 1836
Buphthalmum frutescens Linnaeus [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 903. 1753
Treatment Author(s)
John C. Semple
Information
Stems usually erect, sometimes decumbent or arching. Leaves (at least mid cauline) obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 4.5–8(–11) × 1–3 cm, (petioles or blade bases usually with 1–2+ spine-tipped teeth) margins dentate to serrate (usually only proximal 1/3–1/2, rarely most of each margin), faces usually villous (longer hairs) and/or sericeous (shorter hairs), rarely glabrous. Heads borne singly (peduncles 2–6 cm). Involucres globose, 5–8 mm. Phyllaries 20–40 in 3–4 series (reflexed in fruit, outer shorter, apices spine-tipped, inner similar, spines spreading to erect, faces sericeous). Paleae: apices spine-tipped. Ray florets 15–30; laminae 6–8 × 2.5–6 mm. Disc florets 20–75; corollas 5–6.5 mm, lobes 1.75–2.5 mm. Cypselae 2.5–4(–5) mm, 3–4-angled. 2n = usually 28, rarely 42 (2n = 3x).
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–10 m;
Distribution
Mexicointroduced in West IndiesBermuda.USA Ala.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA Miss.USA N.C.USA S.C.USA Tex.USA Va.
Discussion
Borrichia frutescens grows in salt marsh and brackish backwaters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Virginia to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and inland along the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. It is found on limestone rocky shores in the Florida Keys. It is introduced in Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Cuba.

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