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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Melampodium perfoliatum
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=4(fol.): 215. 1818
|year=1818
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|place=4(qto.): 474. 1820
|year=1820
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Alcina perfoliata
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|publication_title=Icon.
|publication_place=1: 11, plate 15. 1791
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Melampodiinae;Melampodium;Melampodium perfoliatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Melampodiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melampodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melampodium perfoliatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 35
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 20–150+ cm. <b>Leaf</b> blades ± deltate to rhombic-deltate, 40–200+ × 25–150+ mm, lengths 1–2(–3+) times widths, margins ± toothed or entire. <b>Peduncles</b> 1–10+ cm. <b>Outer</b> phyllaries 5, connate 0–1/6 their lengths, oblong to elliptic, (6–)12–15+ mm. <b>Ray</b> florets 8–13; corollas yellow-orange, laminae oblong-elliptic, 2.5–5+ × 1.6–3+ mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 30–45+. <b>Fruits</b> 4–7+ mm. <b>2n</b> = 22, 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Disturbed, usually moist sites
|elevation=10–50+ m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico;West Indies (Antilles);Central America.
|discussion=<p><i>Melampodium perfoliatum</i> may be no longer present in California.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Melampodium perfoliatum
|authority=(Cavanilles) Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Alcina perfoliata
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Disturbed, usually moist sites
|elevation=10–50+ m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico;West Indies (Antilles);Central America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.;
|publication year=1818;1820
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Melampodiinae
|genus=Melampodium
|species=Melampodium perfoliatum
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