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|accepted_name=Euthamia leptocephala
|accepted_authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=5: 321. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|common_names=Mississippi Valley goldentop
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Solidago leptocephala
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=2: 226. 1842
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Euthamia;Euthamia leptocephala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euthamia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euthamia leptocephala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 98
|treatment_page=page 100
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>or subshrubs, 30–100 cm. <b>Stems</b> (erect, striate-angled) glabrous, not glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> ascending to spreading-ascending; blades 3- or -5-nerved, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 40–80 × 3–6(–9) mm, lengths 8–18 times widths, abruptly reduced distally, firm-herbaceous, margins scabrous, apices mostly acute, faces glabrous, little and obscurely gland-dotted (9–29 dots per mm²), sometimes pustulate. <b>Heads</b> glomerate or pedunculate, in compact, usually round-topped arrays 6–35% of plant heights. <b>Involucres</b> obconic, 4–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> yellowish at bases, usually green-tipped, outer narrowly ovate, inner nearly linear, apices rounded to subacute (sometimes slightly resinous). <b>Ray</b> florets usually 7–14. <b>Disc</b> florets 3–6; corollas 3.3–4.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Moist, sandy soils of open areas, woodlands, and forest openings
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>I have seen no specimens of <i>Euthamia leptocephala</i> from Kentucky; it is to be expected there.</p>
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name=Euthamia leptocephala
|authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Solidago leptocephala
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Moist, sandy soils of open areas, woodlands, and forest openings
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1894
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_194.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Euthamia
|species=Euthamia leptocephala
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