Pterocaulon virgatum

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Pterocaulon virgatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pterocaulon
Species:
P. virgatum
Binomial name
Pterocaulon virgatum
(L.) DC.
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Baccharis virgataDC.
  • Chlaenobolus virgata(L.) Cass.
  • Conyza alopecuroidesLam.
  • Conyza polystachyaMichx.
  • Conyza rugosaVahl
  • Conyza virgata(L.) L.
  • Conyza virgataDC. (illegitimate)
  • Gnaphalium decurrensSchrank
  • Gnaphalium spicatumMill.
  • Gnaphalium undulatumL.
  • Gnaphalium virgatum L.
  • Pterocaulon alopecuroides(Lam.) DC.
  • Pterocaulon pilcomayenseMalme
  • Pterocaulon pompilianumStandl. & L.O.Williams
  • Pterocaulon subspicatumMalme ex Chodat
  • Pterocaulon subvirgatumMalme
  • Pterocaulon undulatumC. Mohr
  • Pterocaulon virgatum fo. alopecuroides(Lam.) Arechav.
  • Pterocaulon virgatum f. subvirgata(Malme) Arechav.

Pterocaulon virgatum, common name wand blackroot, [3] is a plant species widespread in Latin America and in the West Indies. In the contiguous United States, it has been reported only from Texas and Louisiana. [4] [5] It grows in marshy areas, ditches, sandy loam, etc. [6] [7]

Pterocaulon virgatum is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. Leaves are alternate, narrowly linear, green above, white with dense woolly hairs below. Flower heads are arranged in spikes at the ends of branches. There are no ray flowers, only 25-50 yellow disc flowers per head. [6] [8]

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References

  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pterocaulon virgatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  5. Texas A&M University, Oak Trust, Department of Biology
  6. 1 2 Flora of North America v 19 p 477.
  7. Cabrera, A. L. and A. M. Ragonese. 1978. Revisión del género Pterocaulon (Compositae). Darwiniana 21: 185–257.
  8. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 454. 1836.