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Revision as of 11:22, 10 November 2015

Oldenlandia corymbosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Oldenlandia
Species: O. corymbosa
Binomial name
Oldenlandia corymbosa
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Natural range of Oldenlandia corymbosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: flat-top mille graines

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Oldenlandia corymbosa has been found growing on exposed sandbars in rivers, sidewalk gravel, cracks of concrete, and loamy sand of an open planted peanut field (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy alluvium, and clayey sand (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits August through October (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Oldenlandia corymbosa at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum

Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, C. tolteca

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.