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Slender Scratchdaisy

Croptilon divaricatum (Nutt.) Rafin.

Description

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Stems erect, 20–100 cm. Cauline leaf blades lanceolate to linear, reduced distally (becoming bractlike near heads), margins usually serrate apically, rarely entire. Peduncles usually glabrate, sometimes hispid, stipitate-glandular. Involucres turbinate, (2–)2.5–5 mm diam. Ray florets 5–11; corolla laminae 4–6 mm. Disc florets (9–)14–22(–26). 2n = 8.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 227,229 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Inula divaricata Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 152. 1818
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 227,229 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Croptilon divaricatum

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Croptilon divaricatum, called the slender scratchdaisy,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.[3]

Croptilon divaricatum is an annual or perennial herb sometimes reaching a height of 150 cm (5 feet) and forming a large taproot. Each plant produces one or more yellow flower heads, each with up to 30 ray florets and as many as 100 disc florets.[4]

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Croptilon divaricatum: Brief Summary

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Croptilon divaricatum, called the slender scratchdaisy, is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Croptilon divaricatum is an annual or perennial herb sometimes reaching a height of 150 cm (5 feet) and forming a large taproot. Each plant produces one or more yellow flower heads, each with up to 30 ray florets and as many as 100 disc florets.

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