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(Last Modified On 6/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 6/19/2013)
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Species
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Emilia coccinea (Sims) Sweet
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PlaceOfPublication
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Hort. Brit., ed. 3. 382. 1839.
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Synonym
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Cacalia sagittata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 91. 1794, nom. illeg., Hieracium javanicum N. Burm. (1768) included in synonymy. Cacalia coccinea Sims, Bot. Mag., tab. 564. 1802. TYPE: not seen. Emilia sagittata (Vahl) DC., Prodr. 6: 302. 1837.
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Description
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Erect, seasonal herb, 1-5 dm tall, glabrous to lightly pilose; taproot present. Leaves alternate, the middle and lower cauline leaves ovate to oblanceolate in outline, but variously toothed or lobed to subentire, the teeth callose-tipped, the uppermost leaves reduced to bracts. Inflorescence of 1 to several loose, few- headed, corymbiform cymes, arising terminally or laterally in the axils of the upper leaves. Heads discoid, urceolate to turbinate, robust, ca. 1'/2 times longer than wide, the florets prominently exserted to about ? their length beyond the involucre; involucral bracts ca. 13, linear, 6-9 mm long; receptacle flat to convex; florets with corollas scarlet to red-orange or orange. Achene brown to reddish-tan, narrowly rapiform, 3-4 mm long, minutely pubescent along the 10 ribs; pappus of abundant white capillary hairs. Chromosome number n = 5.
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Habit
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herb
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Note
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showy Old World weed,
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Distribution
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sporadic occurrence in the New World tropics and subtropics.
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Note
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Not so frequent as either E. sonchifolia or E. fosbergii, no Panamanian specimens have been seen by me, but it is to be expected in Panama.
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