Pityopsis graminifolia (Michaux) Nuttall var. latifolia (Fernald) Semple & F. D. Bowers [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
Pityopsis graminifolia (Michaux) Nuttall var. latifolia (Fernald) Semple & F. D. Bowers [family COMPOSITAE], Rev. Pityopsis, 28. 1985
Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michaux) Elliott var. latifolia Fernald [family COMPOSITAE], Bot. Gaz., 24: 434. 1897
Chrysopsis argentea (Persoon) Elliott [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysopsis correllii Fernald [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysopsis latifolia (Fernald) Small [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysopsis nervosa (Willdenow) Fernald [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysopsis nervosa var. stenolepis Fernald [family COMPOSITAE]
Chrysopsis nervosa var. virgata Fernald [family COMPOSITAE]
Diplopappus sericeus Hooker [family COMPOSITAE]
Erigeron nervosus Willdenow [family COMPOSITAE]
Heterotheca correllii (Fernald) H. E. Ahles [family COMPOSITAE]
Heterotheca nervosa (Willdenow) Shinners [family COMPOSITAE]
Heyfeldera sericea Schultz-Bipontinus [family ]
Inula argentea Persoon [family COMPOSITAE]
Pityopsis argentea (Persoon) Nuttall [family COMPOSITAE]
Pityopsis nervosa (Willdenow) Dress [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
John C. Semple
Information
Cauline leaves 30–90 × 2–6 mm, reduced distally. Involucres 8–12 mm. Phyllary faces sparsely to moderately sericeous, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular distally. Ray florets 10–16; laminae 7–15. Disc florets 30–40; corollas 6.5–8.5 mm, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm, throats and lobes glabrous or proximal throats sparsely short-pilose. 2n = 36.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall), dec (winter)
Altitude range
0–600 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest Indies (Bahamas)Central America (Belize).Central America (Guatemala).Central America (Honduras).USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Del.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA Ky.USA La.USA Md.USA Miss.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA S.C.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA Va.
Discussion
Variety latifolia is the most variable variety, particularly in leaf size, and involucre and stem heights.
Pityopsis graminifolia (Michaux) Nuttall var. latifolia (Fernald) Semple & F. D. Bowers [family COMPOSITAE]
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