Smallanthus uvedalia

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: Millerieae
Subtribus: Milleriinae
Genus: Smallanthus
Species: Smallanthus uvedalia
Name

Smallanthus uvedalia (L.) Mack. ex Small
Synonyms

Osteospermum uvedalia L.
Polymnia uvedalia (L.) L.
Polymnia uvedalia var. densipilis S.F.Blake
Polymnia uvedalia var. floridana S.F.Blake
Polymniastrum uvedalia (L.) Small

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern USA
USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
Regional: Mexico
Mexico (Sonora, Oaxaca, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, etc.)
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Central America
Costa Rica, Belize

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

Mack., Manual of the Southeastern Flora. Being Descriptions of the Seed Plants Growing Naturally in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Eastern Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. New York 1406. 1933

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Smallanthus uvedalia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Smallanthus uvedalia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 24 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Smallanthus uvedalia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 24.
Tropicos.org 2018. Smallanthus uvedalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 24.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Smallanthus uvedalia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Smallanthus uvedalia, known as hairy leafcup, bear's foot, and yellow flower leafcup, is a herbaceous perennial native to the Central and Eastern United States. It is a member of the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family. [1][2]
Description

Hairy leafcup is 0.6 to 3.0 m (24 – 118 in) tall. The stem is stout and generally smooth below the inflorescence branches. The opposite leaves form a small cup around the stem and hence the name leafcup. Each head has 7 to 13 yellow, 1 – 2 cm (3/8 to 3/4 in) long ray flowers to the outside, and 40-80 or so yellow tube-like disc flowers to the inside. A single large plant may produce one hundred or so heads. The entire plant has a resinous odor.[1]

The species was formerly named Polymnia uvedalia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus.[3]

References

"Plants Profile for Smallanthus uvedalius (hairy leafcup)". plants.usda.gov.
"Hairy Leafcup". US Forest Service. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Smallanthus uvedalia - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". www.floraofalabama.org.