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Astranthium integrifolium

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Astranthium integrifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Astranthium
Species:
A. integrifolium
Binomial name
Astranthium integrifolium
Synonyms[1]
  • Bellis american] Mirb. ex Steud.
  • Bellis ciliata var. triflora Raf.
  • Bellis integrifolia Michx. 1803 not DC. 1786
  • Eclipta integrifolia (Michx.) Spreng.

Astranthium integrifolium, the entireleaf western daisy[2] or eastern western-daisy, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the east-central part of the United States primarily the Cumberland Plateau and Ohio/Tennessee Valley. It is found in the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia, with isolated populations in Mississippi and West Virginia.[3][4][5]

Astranthium integrifolium is an annual, usually with an unbranched stem up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Flower heads are usually borne one at a time, with white or bluish ray florets and yellow disc florets.[6]

Its natural habitat is in limestone glades and barrens, and thin rocky woodlands.[7]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Astranthium integrifolium". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Nesom, G. L. 2005c. Taxonomic review of Astranthium integrifolium (Asteraceae: Astereae). Sida 21: 2015–2021.
  5. ^ De Jong, D. C. D. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Astranthium (Compositae, Astereae). Publications of the Museum of Michigan State University, Biological Series 2: 429–528.
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Eastern western-daisy, Astranthium integrifolium (Michaux) Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 312. 1840.
  7. ^ Weakley, Alan (2020). "Flora of the Southeastern United States".
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