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Vaccaria pyramidata

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Name

Identification
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Vaccaria liniflora Bornm. Hauskn. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Saponaria vaccaria
  • Vaccaria pyramidata
  • Vaccaria liniflora
  • Saponaria profoliata
Common name
  • saponaire des vaches, Flora of North America Vol. 5
  • cowcockle, Flora of North America Vol. 5
  • Cowherb, Flora of North America Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Vaccaria hispanica (Miller) Rauschert [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 5,
Names
Vaccaria hispanica (Miller) Rauschert [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Feddes Repert., 73: 52. 1966
Saponaria hispanica Miller [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Gard. Dict. ed., 8, Saponaria no. 4 (in errata). 1768
Saponaria vaccaria Linnaeus [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Vaccaria pyramidata Medikus [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Vaccaria segetalis (Necker) Garcke ex Ascherson [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Vaccaria vaccaria (Linnaeus) Britton [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Vaccaria vulgaris Host [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
John W. Thieret
Richard K. Rabeler
Information
Plants glabrous, glaucous. Stems 20–100 cm. Leaf blades 2–10 cm, base cuneate to cordate. Cymes open, 16–50(–100)-flowered. Pedicels (5–)10–30(–55) mm. Flowers: calyx 9–17 mm, with 5 prominent, usually green, winged angles or ridges, each ridge with strong, cordlike marginal vein; petals with claw 8–14 mm, blade 3–8 mm. Capsules included in calyx tube. Seeds 2–2.5 mm wide. 2n = 30.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–2400 m;
Distribution
Eurasiawidely naturalized elsewhere.USA Ala.USA AlaskaUSA Ariz.USA Ark.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Conn.USA Del.USA D.C.USA Fla.USA IdahoUSA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA Kans.USA Ky.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Miss.USA Mo.USA Mont.USA Nebr.USA Nev.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.Dak.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Oreg.USA Pa.USA R.I.USA S.C.USA S.Dak.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA UtahUSA Vt.USA Va.USA Wash.USA W.Va.USA Wis.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
If the genus Vaccaria is treated as monotypic, V. hispanica then includes four subspecies, and our material is subsp. hispanica. Vaccaria hispanica still occasionally is included in Saponaria (e.g., F. Swink and G. S. Wilhelm 1994). Once a common weed of grain fields (like Agrostemma githago), it is now increasingly rare or has been extirpated in many localities; the distribution stated above may be the historical maximum, rather than current, North American distribution. The saponin-containing seeds of this species are poisonous upon ingestion.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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