Berlandiera pumila

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Berlandiera pumila
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Berlandiera
Species:
B. pumila
Binomial name
Berlandiera pumila
Synonyms [1]
  • Silphium pumilumMichx.
  • Berlandiera dealbata(Torr. & A.Gray) Small
  • Berlandiera tomentosa(Pursh) Nutt.
  • Polymnia carolinianaPoir.
  • Silphium tomentosumherb.banks ex Pursh

Berlandiera pumila, the soft greeneyes, [2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina). [3]

Berlandiera pumila is a branching herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has several flower heads with yellow ray florets and maroon disc florets. It grows in open locations such as fields, roadsides, woodlands, etc. [4]

B. pumila prefers to grow in sandy soil types. It is found in turkey oak hardwood sand ridges, on the borders between sandhills and hammocks, and in longleaf pine-wiregrass sandhill communities. [5]

References

  1. The Plant List, Berlandiera pumila (Michx.) Nutt.
  2. NRCS. "Berlandiera pumila". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Flora of North America, Berlandiera pumila (Michx.) Nutt.
  5. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, R. S. Blaisdell, D. Demaree, P. Elliot, W. T. Gillis, R. K. Godfrey, B. Hansen, J. Hansen, G. R. Knight, M. Knott, R. Kral, R. L. Lazor, J. B. Nelson, R. A. Norris, G. W. Ramsey, C. R. Slaughter, H. L. Stripling, B. Tan, L. E. Williams, and J. Wooten. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Decatur.