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Revision as of 09:37, 14 February 2018

Trilisa paniculata
Trilisa paniculata SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Trilisa
Species: T. paniculata
Binomial name
Trilisa paniculata
(J.F. Gmel.) Herb.
TRIL PANI DIST.JPG
Natural range of Trilisa paniculata from Weakley. [1]

Common Names: trilisa;[1] hairy chaffhead[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: Carphephorus paniculatus

Description

T. paniculata is a dioecious perennial forb/herb.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs from southeastern North Carolina, south to southern Florida, and westward to the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

T. paniculata occurs in savannas and flatwoods.[1]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering occurs from August through October and fruiting from September through November.[1]

Fire ecology

In Georgia cut over pine forests, percent coverage of T. paniculata decreases with the number of growing seasons since fire, from 0.8 after one season, to 0.2 after two and three seasons, and 0.1 after eight.[3]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 14 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  3. Lemon PC (1949) Successional responses of herbs in the longleaf-slash pine forest after fire. Ecology 30(2):135-145.