Syngonanthus flavidulus
| Syngonanthus flavidulus | |
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| Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Eriocaulales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Syngonanthus |
| Species: | S. flavidulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Syngonanthus flavidulus (Michx.) Ruhl. | |
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| Natural range of Syngonanthus flavidulus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: yellow hatpins
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Syngonanthus flavidulus is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, S. flavidulus can occur in pine-oak woodlands, wet pine flatwoods, margins of cypress wetlands, and sphagnous boggy clearings of pine flatwoods. It has also occurred in disturbed areas such as powerline transects through pine flatwoods and roadsides (FSU Herbarium). Xyris baldwiniana is an associated species (FSU Herbarium). It has been observed to grow on poorly drained soils and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers in May (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
It has been observed growing in an annually burned longleaf pineland (FSU Herbarium).
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Syngonanthus flavidulus at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, Colletes mandibularis, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Halictus poeyi, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. lepidii, L. nymphalis, L. puteulanum, L. tamiamensis, Sphecodes heraclei
Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexum, Dianthidium floridiense, Hoplitis truncata, Megachile georgica
Pompilidae: Anoplius americanus trifasciatus, Anoplius marginalis, Aporinellus apicatus, Episyron conterminus posterus
Sphecidae: Ammophila pictipennis, Bicyrtes capnoptera, Cerceris blakei, C. compar, Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta, E. rufipes ais, Hoplisoides placidus placidus, Microbembex monodonta, Oxybelus decorosum, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus ventilabris, Prionyx thomae, Stictiella serrata, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
Vespidae: Leptochilus krombeini, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus bicornis, P. fulvipes rufovestris, P. histrio, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, P. vagus slossoni, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Bob Fewster, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Marc Minno, R.A. Norris, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Flagler, Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla. Georgia: Clinch, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
