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Revision as of 09:41, 21 June 2016
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Erechtites |
| Species: | E. hieracifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC. | |
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| Natural range of Erechtites hieracifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: American burnweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: Erechtites hieracifolia var. hieracifoliaThe Plant List.org
Description
"Robust annual with erect, glabrous or slightly pubescent, solid stems, 0.4-3 m or more tall. Leaves alternate, elliptic to lanceolate, 5-20 cm long, 0.5-6.5 cm wide, acute to acuminate, irregularly serrate to dentate, unlobed or lobed, base cuneate to attenuate or upper stem leaves auriculate. Heads in panicles. Involucres cylindric, 10-20 mm long, 4-8 mm broad; bracts in 1 series or with a few small bracts at base. Disc 3-10 mm broad. Flowers discoid, lobes cream to pinkish, erect, 0.3-0.5 mm long. Nutlets brown, tapered from base to apex, 1.9-2.7 mm long, 0.4-0.7 mm broad, 10-ribbed, pubescent; pappus white, capillary, 10-14 mm long." [1]
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
Phenology
Seed dispersal
According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by wind. [2]
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Erechtites hieracifolia at Archbold Biological Station. [3]
Halictidae: Halictus poeyi
Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis
Megachilidae: Dianthidium floridiense
Vespidae: Leptochilus republicanus, Parancistrocerus bicornis, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes dorsalis hunteri
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 1037. Print.
- ↑ Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.
- ↑ Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
