Difference between revisions of "Nuttallanthus floridanus"
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Revision as of 11:46, 22 January 2016
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Tracheophyta - Vascular plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Nuttallanthus |
| Species: | N. floridanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nuttallanthus floridanus (Chapm.) D.A. Sutton | |
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| Natural range of Nuttallanthus floridanus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Apalachicola Toadflax
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: Linaria floridana Chapm.
The genus Nuttallanthus was separated from Linaria in 1988 by Sutton due to the floral and seed characteristics (Phillip and Elisens 2006).
Description
This species is an annual herb that produces bluish, bilabiate, and spurred flowers that attract a variety of insects (Phillip and Elisens 2006).
Distribution
N. floridanus is a narrowly distributed species occurring in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississppi (Phillip and Elisens 2006).
Ecology
Habitat
Habitats include sparsely vegetated white sands along lakes, scrubs, sand dunes, and dry sandhills[1]. It has been observed growing in disturbed areas such as roadsides. Associated species include Krigia virginica and Crocanthemum (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers and fruits in March (FSU Herbarium).
It is an autogamous species and produces both cleistogamous and chasmogamous flowers. The cleistogamous flowers are produced early and late in the life cycle and the chasmogamous flowers are self-pollinated before anthesis and attract insects after anthesis (Phillip and Elisens 2006).
