Bigelowia nudata

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Bigelowia nudata
Bigelowia nudata SEF.jpg
Photo from the Southeastern Flora Plant Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bigelowia
Species: B. nudata
Binomial name
Bigelowia nudata
(Michx.)
BIGE NUDA DIST.JPG
Natural range of Bigelowia nudata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Chondrophora nudata

Varieties: Bigelowia nudata var. australis, Bigelowia nudata var. nudata

Description

B. nudata, also known as the pineland rayless goldenrod, is a native perennial forb that is a member of the Asteraceae family [1]. The species also consists of rhizomes which it uses to propogate [2].

Distribution

B. nudata is found in the Southeast United States, ranging from Texas to North Carolina [1]. However, it is most frequent along the coast lines of lower Mississippi to North Carolina [2].

Ecology

Habitat

B. nudata can be found in moist sandy loams of savannahs, pine barrens, and margins of swamps as well as rich sandy soils in wet prairies and open pinelands [2]. It is a wide-ranging species, mainly occurring in wet to mesic habitats [3].

Associated species - Linum macrocarpum C. M. Rogers, Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl., Sarracenia alata Alph. Wood, Lachnocaulon digynum Koern., Magnolia virginiana L., and Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. [4].

Phenology

It flowers twice a year, in the spring as well as the fall ranging from October to May [2].


Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BINU
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, L. C. (1970). "Studies on Bigelowia (Asteraceae, Compositae). 1. Morphology and Taxonomy." Sida 3(7): 451-465.
  3. Anderson, L. C. (1977). "Studies on Bigelowia (Asteraceae). III. Cytotaxonomy and Biogeography." Systematic Botany 2(3): 209-218.
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