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Common name: Apalachicola Toadflax
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Common names: Apalachicola toadflax; Florida toadflax<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonym: ''Linaria floridana'' Chapm.
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Synonym: ''Linaria floridana'' Chapman.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
The genus ''Nuttallanthus'' was separated from ''Linaria'' in 1988 by Sutton due to the floral and seed characteristics. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006">Phillip, T. C. and W. J. Elisens (2006). "Genetic Variation and Reproductive System among North American Species of Nuttallanthus (Plantaginaceae)." American Journal of Botany 93(4): 582-591.</ref>
 
The genus ''Nuttallanthus'' was separated from ''Linaria'' in 1988 by Sutton due to the floral and seed characteristics. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006">Phillip, T. C. and W. J. Elisens (2006). "Genetic Variation and Reproductive System among North American Species of Nuttallanthus (Plantaginaceae)." American Journal of Botany 93(4): 582-591.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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This species is an annual herb that produces bluish, bilabiate, and spurred flowers that attract a variety of insects. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
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This species is an annual herb that produces bluish, bilabiate, and spurred flowers that attract a variety of insects.<ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
''N. floridanus'' is a narrowly distributed species occurring in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississppi. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
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''N. floridanus'' is a narrowly distributed species occurring in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.<ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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Habitats include sparsely vegetated white sands along lakes, scrubs, sand dunes, and dry sandhills.<ref name="wild">[[http://www.wildflphoto.com/species.php?k=p&id=210]]Accessed: January 20, 2016</ref> It has been observed growing in disturbed areas such as roadsides. Associated species include ''Krigia virginica'' and ''Crocanthemum''. <ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Kral, and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Marion, and Wakulla.</ref>
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Habitats include sparsely vegetated white sands along lakes, scrubs, sand dunes, and dry sandhills.<ref name="wild">[[http://www.wildflphoto.com/species.php?k=p&id=210]]Accessed: January 20, 2016</ref> It has been observed growing in disturbed areas such as roadsides. Associated species include ''Krigia virginica'' and ''Crocanthemum''.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Kral, and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Marion, and Wakulla.</ref>
  
 
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
Flowers and fruits in March.<="FSU Herbarium"/>
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This species flowers and fruits in March.<ref name="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. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
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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.<ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
  
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
The seeds are small and lack obvious dispersal mechanisms. <ref name="Carrington 1997">Carrington, M. E. (1997). "Soil Seed Bank Structure and Composition in Florida Sand Pine Scrub." American Midland Naturalist 137(1): 39-47.</ref>
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The seeds are small and lack obvious dispersal mechanisms.<ref name="Carrington 1997">Carrington, M. E. (1997). "Soil Seed Bank Structure and Composition in Florida Sand Pine Scrub." American Midland Naturalist 137(1): 39-47.</ref>
  
 
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===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Pollen is required for fruit and seed development. It is completely cross-incompatible with other ''Nuttallanthus'' species due to the amount of genetic divergence between species and isolation. <ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/>
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Pollen is required for fruit and seed development. It is completely cross-incompatible with other ''Nuttallanthus'' species due to the amount of genetic divergence between species and isolation.<ref name="Phillip and Elisens 2006"/> The following Hymenoptera species were observed visiting flowers of ''Linaria floridana'' at the Archbold Biological Station:<ref>Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowering plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref>
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Sweat bees from the family Halictidae: ''Lasioglossum nymphalis'', ''Lasioglossum pectoralis'', ''Lasioglossum puteulanum''
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Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae: ''Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum'', ''Megachile brevis pseudobrevis'', ''Megachile georgica'', ''Osmia sandhouse''
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Thread-waisted wasps from the family Sphecidae: ''Tachysphex similis''
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==Conservation and management==
 
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 14 July 2022

Nuttallanthus floridanus
Nutt flor-Plant.jpg
Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
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
Nutt flor dist.jpg
Natural range of Nuttallanthus floridanus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Apalachicola toadflax; Florida toadflax[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Linaria floridana Chapman.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

The genus Nuttallanthus was separated from Linaria in 1988 by Sutton due to the floral and seed characteristics. [2]

Description

This species is an annual herb that produces bluish, bilabiate, and spurred flowers that attract a variety of insects.[2]

Distribution

N. floridanus is a narrowly distributed species occurring in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats include sparsely vegetated white sands along lakes, scrubs, sand dunes, and dry sandhills.[3] It has been observed growing in disturbed areas such as roadsides. Associated species include Krigia virginica and Crocanthemum.[4]

Phenology

This species flowers and fruits in March.[4]

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.[2]

Seed dispersal

The seeds are small and lack obvious dispersal mechanisms.[5]

Seed bank and germination

Carrington (1997) found that germination depends on seeds accumulated in a persistent seed bank to maintain populations between disturbances.

Pollination

Pollen is required for fruit and seed development. It is completely cross-incompatible with other Nuttallanthus species due to the amount of genetic divergence between species and isolation.[2] The following Hymenoptera species were observed visiting flowers of Linaria floridana at the Archbold Biological Station:[6]

Sweat bees from the family Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis, Lasioglossum pectoralis, Lasioglossum puteulanum

Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, Megachile georgica, Osmia sandhouse

Thread-waisted wasps from the family Sphecidae: Tachysphex similis

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Phillip, T. C. and W. J. Elisens (2006). "Genetic Variation and Reproductive System among North American Species of Nuttallanthus (Plantaginaceae)." American Journal of Botany 93(4): 582-591.
  3. Jump up [[1]]Accessed: January 20, 2016
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Kral, and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Marion, and Wakulla.
  5. Jump up Carrington, M. E. (1997). "Soil Seed Bank Structure and Composition in Florida Sand Pine Scrub." American Midland Naturalist 137(1): 39-47.
  6. Jump up Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowering plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.