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Hippia stolonifera

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Name

Identification
Hippia stolonifera Brot. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Soliva lusitanica (Spreng.) Less. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hippia stolonifera
  • Soliva lusitanica
Common name
  • Carpet burrweed, Flora of North America Vol. 19

Flora

Entry for Soliva stolonifera (Brotero) Sweet [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Soliva stolonifera (Brotero) Sweet [family COMPOSITAE], Hort. Brit., 243. 1826
Hippia stolonifera Brotero [family COMPOSITAE], Phytogr. Lusitan. Select., no., 14. 1801
Gymnostyles nasturtifolia Jussieu [family COMPOSITAE]
Gymnostyles stolonifera (Brotero) Tutin [family COMPOSITAE]
Soliva nasturtifolia (Jussieu) de Candolle [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Linda E. Watson
Information
Plants 2–5(–15+) cm (high or across), ± strigillose to villous (stems procumbent, rooting at nodes). Leaves basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 1–2(–3) cm, 1(–2)-pinnati-palmately lobed. Heads mostly scattered along stems. Involucres 3–6(–8) mm diam. Pistillate florets (20–)40–60+ in 2–4+ series. Disc florets 4–6+; corollas 1.5–2 mm. Cypselae: bodies oblanceolate to oblong-cuneate, 1.8–2.2 mm, wings transversely rugulose or ribbed on proximal 9/10, shoulders ± spinose laterally, faces distally villous to pilose or arachnose; pappi 0 (persistent stylar sheaths indurate, spinelike, 0.8–1.5 mm, usually inflexed). 2n = ca. 114 (as S. nasturtifolia).
Phenology
mar-apr (spring), aug (summer)
Altitude range
10–100+ m;
Distribution
South Americaintroduced also in Europe.USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA S.C.USA Tex.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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