View source for Acanthospermum australe

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|accepted_name=Acanthospermum australe
|accepted_authority=(Loefling) Kuntze
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|place=1: 303. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Melampodium australe
|authority=Loefling
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Melampodiinae;Acanthospermum;Acanthospermum australe
|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 Melampodiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Acanthospermum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Acanthospermum australe]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 37
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>10–60(–120+) cm. <b>Stems</b> ± procumbent. <b>Leaf</b> blades deltate to ± rhombic or ovate, 13–37 × 7–32 mm, faces sparsely scabrellous to glabrate or glabrescent, gland-dotted. <b>Fruits</b> plumply ellipsoid to fusiform, weakly compressed, 7–9+ mm, 5–7-ribbed, lacking terminal spines, prickles ± uncinate, mostly along ribs. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year round, mostly Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed, often sandy sites
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Mass.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;South America;also introduced in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|discussion=<p>Reports of <i>Acanthospermum</i> xanthioides (Kunth) de Candolle from New York are evidently based on specimens of <i>A. australe</i>.</p>
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name=Acanthospermum australe
|author=
|authority=(Loefling) Kuntze
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Melampodium australe
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering year round, mostly Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed, often sandy sites
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Mass.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;South America;also introduced in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1891
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Melampodiinae
|genus=Acanthospermum
|species=Acanthospermum australe
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