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Solidago leptocephala

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Lectotype of Solidago leptocephala Torrey & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Euthamia leptocephala (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton [family COMPOSITAE]
Type? of Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Syntype of Solidago leptocephala Torrey & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Type of Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Syntype of Solidago leptocephala Torrey & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Type? of Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Type of Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE]
Euthamia leptocephala (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton [family COMPOSITAE]
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Name

Identification
Solidago leptocephala Torrey & A. Gray [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Torrey & A. Gray, 1842
Related name
  • Solidago leptocephala
Common name
  • Mississippi Valley goldentop, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Euthamia leptocephala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Euthamia leptocephala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton [family COMPOSITAE], Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, 5: 321. 1894
Solidago leptocephala Torrey & A. Gray [family COMPOSITAE], Fl. N. Amer., 2: 226. 1842
Treatment Author(s)
Arthur Haines
Information
Perennials or subshrubs, 30–100 cm. Stems (erect, striate-angled) glabrous, not glaucous. Leaves ascending to spreading-ascending; blades 3- or -5-nerved, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 40–80 × 3–6(–9) mm, lengths 8–18 times widths, abruptly reduced distally, firm-herbaceous, margins scabrous, apices mostly acute, faces glabrous, little and obscurely gland-dotted (9–29 dots per mm²), sometimes pustulate. Heads glomerate or pedunculate, in compact, usually round-topped arrays 6–35% of plant heights. Involucres obconic, 4–6 mm. Phyllaries yellowish at bases, usually green-tipped, outer narrowly ovate, inner nearly linear, apices rounded to subacute (sometimes slightly resinous). Ray florets usually 7–14. Disc florets 3–6; corollas 3.3–4.4 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology
sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA Miss.USA Mo.USA N.C.USA Okla.USA Tenn.USA Tex.
Discussion
I have seen no specimens of Euthamia leptocephala from Kentucky; it is to be expected there.

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