Marshallia grandiflora
Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 7, plate 1. 1901.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 457.
Revision as of 19:33, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Plants 20–90 cm. Leaves mostly basal; basal petiolate (distal sessile, reduced); blades 3-nerved, ± elliptic, broadly oblanceolate, or spatulate, 12–25 cm × 14–19 mm. Heads 1–2, 26–45 mm diam. Peduncles 10–20 cm. Phyllaries 8–11 × 2–4 mm, apices acute. Paleae ± linear, apices acute. Corollas pink, lobes 3–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm. Pappi: scale margins serrulate. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Stream banks, gravel bars
Elevation: 500–1500 m
Distribution
Ky., N.C., Pa., Tenn., W.Va.
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Marshallia grandiflora grows in the Appalachian Mountains. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.