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eastern western-daisy, entireleaf western daisy

Habit Annuals (biennials?), usually fibrous-rooted.
Stems

usually 1, erect to decumbent-ascending.

Leaves

basal and proximal cauline 30–60 × 7–22 mm.

Involucres

3.5–6 mm.

Ray florets

(8–)16–26;

corolla laminae white, occasionally drying with bluish midstripe abaxially, (6–)8–17 mm.

Disc floret

corollas 2.5–3.7 mm.

Cypselae

(1.4–)1.6–2(–2.2) × 0.9–1.1 mm, faces minutely papillate-pebbly, linear striations barely discernible, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glochidiate-hairy distally.

2n

= 8.

Astranthium integrifolium

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat Rocky (limestone) banks and ridges, alluvial fields, stream banks and terraces, open juniper woods, glades, roadsides
Elevation 50–300 m (200–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; KY; MS; TN
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 204.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Astranthium
Sibling taxa
A. ciliatum, A. robustum
Synonyms Bellis integrifolia
Name authority (Michaux) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 312. (1840)
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