Vernonanthura havanensis (A. DC.) H. Rob.

Vernonia cubensis Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 144. 1866
Vernonia hieracioid.es cubensis Maza, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 268. 1890.
Stems shrubby, 2 m. high, closely and finely pubescent; leaf-blades firm, dull-green or olivaceous, obovate to obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, acute or abruptly acuminate, obscurely denticulate, obtuse or acute at base, scabrous above, puberulent with brown hairs beneath, especially on the veins; inflorescence spreading, freely branched, bearing numerous, crowded, 1 1-13-flowered heads; involucre campanulate or somewhat turbinate, 3-4 mm. high; scales nearly glabrous, purple at least at the apex, resinous-glandular, the outer ovate, acute, the inner ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute; achenes pubescent, frequently glandular in the furrows; pappus pale-brown, the bristles 4 mm. long, the scales linear, 0.4 mm. long.
Type locality: Western Cuba.
Distribution: Central and western Cuba and Isle of Pines.

Vernonia havanensis DC. Prodr. 5: 37. 1836
Vernonia stictophylla C. Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 6: 176. 1869. Cacalia havanensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 970. 1891.
Stems shrubby, freely branched, 1-2 m. high, thinly pubescent or glabrate; leaf-blades
thin, spreading, bright-green, 6-11 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, narrowly oblanceolate to obovate,
acute or abruptly acuminate, entire or sparingly denticulate, attenuate at base, sessile or
petioled, glabrous and usually punctate above, minutely puberulent and resinous beneath;
inflorescence loose, open, freely branched, 1-3 dm', broad; heads 18-29-flowered; involucre
5-8 mm. high, broadly campanulate, tinged with purple; scales closely but irregularly imbricate
in few series, resinous-glandular, otherwise nearly glabrous, the outer ovate, acute, the inner
oblong, obtuse or rounded; achenes pubescent on the ribs, glandular in the furrows; pappus
white or pale-brown, the bristles 6 mm. long, the scales very slender, 0.6 mm. long.
Type locality: Havana, Cuba. Distribution: Central and western Cuba.