| Emilia fosbergii | |
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| Above in Florida, below in Hawai'i | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Emilia |
| Species: | E. fosbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Emilia fosbergii | |
Emilia fosbergii is a species of plant in the sunflower family. [1] [2] [3] It is commonly known in the United States as Florida tasselflower. [4]
Emilia fosbergii has been collected in many places for many years, the specimens regarded as belonging to E. coccinia, E. sagittata, or E. javanica. A reexamination of a large number of specimens led Nicolson to recognize it as a distinct species in 1975. He named the species in honor of Francis Raymond Fosberg. [5]
Emilia fosbergii is widely distributed in tropical and semitropical parts of the world: Africa, South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia, North and South America, and various oceanic islands. Its region of origin is the subject of some dispute; some say it is native to Africa, while others say Asia or South America. [6] [7] [8] It is reportedly naturalized in scattered locations in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. [6] [9]
Emilia fosbergii is an annual herb, growing up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It generally has only one central stem, sometimes branching but other times not. Each flower head can contain more than 60 pink, purple, or red disc florets, however, no ray florets are present. [10] It produces seeds with hairs intended for wind dispersal. [11]
Gaillardia pulchella is a North American species of short-lived perennial or annual flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Mikania is a genus of about 450 species of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Emilia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family sunflower family, known as tasselflower or pualele.
Symphyotrichum is a genus of over 100 species and naturally occurring hybrids of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family, Asteraceae, most which were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic to North America, but several also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as one species in eastern Eurasia. Several species have been introduced to Europe as garden specimens, most notably New England aster and New York aster.
Emilia sonchifolia, also known as lilac tasselflower or cupid's shaving brush, is a tropical flowering species of tasselflower in the sunflower family. It is widespread in tropical regions around the world, apparently native to Asia and naturalized in Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family (Asteraceae). Commonly known as calico aster, starved aster, and white woodland aster, it is native to eastern and central North America. It is a perennial and herbaceous plant that may reach heights up to 120 centimeters and widths up to 30 centimeters.
Cotula australis is a species of plant in the daisy family known by the common names bachelor's buttons, annual buttonweed, southern waterbuttons and Australian waterbuttons. This small plant is native to Australia and New Zealand, but it is known in other areas of the world as a common weed.
Helenium amarum is a species of annual herb in the daisy family known by the common names yellowdicks, yellow sneezeweed, fiveleaf sneezeweed, and bitter sneezeweed. It is native to much of the south-central United States and northern Mexico, and it is present elsewhere in North America, Australia, and the West Indies as an introduced species.
Helenium flexuosum is a North American plant species in the daisy family known by the common name purple sneezeweed. It is widespread across much of eastern and central United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Kansas, south to Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas.
Cyanthillium cinereum is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida.
Brickellia eupatorioides, or false boneset, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread in Mexico from Chihuahua to Oaxaca, and in all regions of the contiguous United States except New England, New York, and the West Coast.
Brickellia rusbyi, the stinking brickellbush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Brickellia betonicifolia, the betonyleaf brickellbush, is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico, in the States of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango and the southwestern United States.
Carphephorus odoratissimus, common name vanillaleaf, is a species of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. This species is native to the southeastern United States, including the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida.
Chromolaena impetiolaris is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.
Conoclinium dissectum, the palm-leaf mistflower or palmleaf thoroughwort, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Ericameria crispa, the crisped goldenbush, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only on mountain slopes in the state of Utah in the western United States.
Erigeron sceptrifer is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name scepter-bearing fleabane. It has been found in northern Mexico and the southeastern United States.
Tagetes stenophylla is a Mexican species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in the States of Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Michoacán, and México State in western and central Mexico.
Lactuca hirsuta, the hairy lettuce, is a North American species of wild lettuce. It is widespread across much of central Canada and the eastern and central United States from Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia south as far as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
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