Marshallia grandiflora
Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 7, plate 1. 1901.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 457.
Revision as of 19:46, 24 September 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
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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.