Carphephorus corymbosus

(Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 2: 67. 1841.

Common names: Florida paintbrush
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Liatris corymbosa Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 132. 1818
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 538. Mentioned on page 536.

Plants 30–120 cm. Stems villoso-hirsute to hirsute, eglandular. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline oblanceolate, mostly 6–20 cm; cauline gradually reduced, faces gland-dotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles hirsute, eglandular. Involucres (6–)7–10 mm. Phyllaries 15–40+ in 3–5+ series, broadly elliptic, glabrous and eglandular (margins hyaline-scarious, erose or ciliate), apices rounded. Receptacles paleate (at least peripherally). Corollas eglandular, lobes ca. 1 mm. Cypselae eglandular; pappus bristles in ± 1 series. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Sand ridges, roadsides, flats, dry, pine and longleaf pine-turkey oak woods, pine-palmetto, palmetto flats
Elevation: 0–50 m

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Guy L. Nesom +
(Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray +
Liatris corymbosa +
Florida paintbrush +
Fla. +, Ga. +  and S.C. +
0–50 m +
Sand ridges, roadsides, flats, dry, pine and longleaf pine-turkey oak woods, pine-palmetto, palmetto flats +
Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Nov. +
Fl. N. Amer. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Litrisa +  and Trilisa +
Carphephorus corymbosus +
Carphephorus +
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