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Marshallia grandiflora

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & Boynton [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Beadle & Boynton, 1901
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Flora

Entry for Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & F. E. Boynton [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
Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & F. E. Boynton [family COMPOSITAE], Biltmore Bot. Stud., 1: 7, plate 1. 1901
Treatment Author(s)
Linda E. Watson
Information
Plants 20–90 cm. Leaves mostly basal; basal petiolate (distal sessile, reduced); blades 3-nerved, ± elliptic, broadly oblanceolate, or spatulate, 12–25 cm × 14–19 mm. Heads 1–2, 26–45 mm diam. Peduncles 10–20 cm. Phyllaries 8–11 × 2–4 mm, apices acute. Paleae ± linear, apices acute. Corollas pink, lobes 3–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm. Pappi: scale margins serrulate. 2n = 18.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
may (spring), jun (summer)
Altitude range
500–1500 m;
Distribution
USA Ky.USA N.C.USA Pa.USA Tenn.USA W.Va.
Discussion
Marshallia grandiflora grows in the Appalachian Mountains. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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