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Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC.

Description

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Plants 10–20(–30+) cm. Stems decumbent to erect. Leaf blades oval to lyrate, 10–30(–45) mm, faces ± pilosulous to sparsely sericeous, gland-dotted. Fruits strongly compressed, ± cuneate, 2–3(–4) mm, usually 3-ribbed, terminal spines 2, divergent, 2–3(–4) mm, often 1 ± uncinate, prickles ± uncinate, mostly along 2 ribs and around apices.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 21: 37 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Melampodium humile Swartz, Prodr., 114. 1788
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Flora of North America Vol. 21: 37 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Acanthospermum humile

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Acanthospermum humile is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the West Indies but naturalized in parts of South America, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b The Plant List Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC.
  2. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 37 Acanthospermum humile (Swartz) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 522. 1836.
  3. ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  4. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2). In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F..
  5. ^ Blake, S. F. 1921. Revision of the genus Acanthospermum. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 20: 383–392.

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Acanthospermum humile: Brief Summary

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Acanthospermum humile is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the West Indies but naturalized in parts of South America, Central America, and North America.

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