View source for Polymnia ← Polymnia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Polymnia |accepted_authority=Kalm |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in C. Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. |place=2: 926. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 396. 1754 |year=1754 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Polymniinae;Polymnia |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 Polymniinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Polymnia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek Polymnia, muse of sacred music and dance |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 38 |treatment_page=page 39 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or perennials, 50–150+ cm (often rhizomatous). <b>Stems</b> erect, branched distally. <b>Leaves</b> all or mostly cauline; opposite; petiolate (petioles often ± winged, often with connate-perfoliate basal appendages); blades (pinnately nerved) deltate or rounded-rhombic to cordate or ovate, often raggedly pinnately lobed (lobes 3–11), ultimate margins coarsely toothed to denticulate or entire, faces pilose or pilosulous to hirtellous, or glabrate, or glabrous, gland-dotted and/or stipitate-glandular. <b>Heads</b> usually radiate, rarely ± disciform, (2–5+) in loose to congested, corymbiform clusters. <b>Calyculi</b> 0. <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric, 4–15+ mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, 6–21+ in 2 series (distinct, outer 2–6 ovate to linear, ± herbaceous, inner ovate to lanceolate, subequal to or shorter than outer, more scarious, similar to paleae). <b>Receptacles</b> flat to convex, paleate (paleae obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate, herbaceous to scarious). <b>Ray</b> florets 2–6, pistillate, fertile; corollas pale yellowish to whitish (tubes pilosulous, laminae ± cuneate to linear, 3-lobed, sometimes absent or nearly so). <b>Disc</b> florets 12–30+, functionally staminate; corollas pale yellow, tubes shorter than abruptly dilated throats, lobes 5, deltate to lance-ovate. <b>Cypselae</b> plumply pyriform, ± obcompressed, 3–6-angled or -ribbed, finely striate between ribs (narrowed at bases, patently inserted on receptacles, often minutely beaked), sparsely hirtellous or glabrate; pappi 0. <b>x</b> = 15.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=c;e North America. |discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=wells1965a |text=Wells, J. R. 1965. A taxonomic study of Polymnia (Compositae). Brittonia 17: 144–159. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Annuals; blades of larger leaves shallowly, if at all, pinnately lobed |[[Polymnia cossatotensis|Polymnia cossatotensis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perennials; blades of larger leaves usually deeply pinnately lobed |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems pilosulous to villous and/or stipitate-glandular; cypselae 3-angled or -ribbed |[[Polymnia canadensis|Polymnia canadensis]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems glabrous or glabrate; cypselae 4–6-angled or -ribbed |[[Polymnia laevigata|Polymnia laevigata]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Polymnia |author=John L. Strother |authority=Kalm |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=c;e North America. |reference=wells1965a |publication title=in C. Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_75.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Polymniinae |genus=Polymnia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Polymniinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Polymnia.