Calyptocarpus vialis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Calyptocarpus
Species: Calyptocarpus vialis
Name

Calyptocarpus vialis Less.,
Synonyms

Blainvillea tampicana (DC.) Benth. & Hook.
Calyptocarpus blepharolepis B.L. Rob.
Calyptocarpus tampicanus (DC.) Small
Oligogyne tampicana DC.
Synedrella vialis (Less.) A. Gray
Zexmenia hispidula Buckl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas)
Continental: Southern America
Costa Rica, Venezuela (Distrito Federal), Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Belize

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Less., Synopsis Generum Compositarum Earumque Dispositionis Novae Tentamen Monographiis Multarum Capensium Interjectis... Berolini [Berlin] 221. 1832

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Calyptocarpus vialis. Published online. Accessed: January 31 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Calyptocarpus vialis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Tropicos.org 2018. Calyptocarpus vialis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 January 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Calyptocarpus vialis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 31. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Calyptocarpus vialis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: straggler daisy, horseherb, lawnflower, creeping Cinderella-weed
español: hierba del caballo
中文: 金腰箭舅

Calyptocarpus vialis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Common names for C. vialis include straggler daisy, horseherb, lawnflower,[2] and creeping Cinderella-weed.[3] It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, Belize, Venezuela, and the Caribbean. It has also been introduced to Argentina, Hawaii, India, Java, Australia, and Taiwan.[1] It is one of only three species in the genus Calyptocarpus.[1]

The opposite leaves are typically 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) long and triangular to lanceolate in shape.[4][5] It bears heads of yellow flowers, with around 10–20 disc florets and 3–8 ray florets, the laminae of the latter around 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. It flowers year round.[4] It is a weedy species, found in lawns and along other disturbed areas such as roadsides and paths.[4]

Flowerhead with seven ray flowers

References

"Calyptocarpus vialis Less". Plants of the World Online. Plants of the World Online | Kew Science. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
Calyptocarpus vialis. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. University of Texas, Austin.
"Calyptocarpus vialis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Strother, John L. (2006). "Calyptocarpus vialis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Strother, John L. (2006). "Calyptocarpus". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.