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Marshallia obovata (Walter) Beadle & F.E. Boynton var. scaposa Channell. Common name: Sandhill Marshallia. Phenology: Late Apr-May. Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, flatwoods, and moister longleaf pine sandhills (such as 'pea swales'). Distribution: E. NC south to se. AL (?), in the Coastal Plain.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Likely warranting species rank, distinct from Marshallia obovata.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, RAB, SE1, Channell (1957), Watson & Estes (1990), Weakley & Poindexter (2012); = Marshallia obovata (Walter) Beadle & F.E.Boynton var. obovata — F, Beadle & Boynton (1901), misapplied; < Marshallia obovata (Walter) Beadle & F.E.Boynton — FNA21, S. Basionym: Marshallia obovata (Walter) Beadle & F.E.Boynton var. scaposa Channell 1957

Links to other floras: < Marshallia obovata - FNA21

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of longleaf pine savannas, in seasonally moist, loamy sand of flats and swales.

Stems: Stems usually single, often striate, unbranched.

Leaves: Leaves at very bottom of plant and ascending or spreading, alternate, petiolate, oblong-lance-shaped to elliptic, to nearly 5 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stems; heads about 1 in. wide, consisting of white, 5-lobed disk florets. Green bracts with bluntly rounded tips surround the base of each head; these are gland-dotted.

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Height: 4-18 in.

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description: Erect perennial of longleaf pine savannas, in seasonally moist, loamy sand of flats and swales.

stems: Stems usually single, often striate, unbranched.

leaves: Leaves at very bottom of plant and ascending or spreading, alternate, petiolate, oblong-lance-shaped to elliptic, to nearly 5 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stems; heads about 1 in. wide, consisting of white, 5-lobed disk florets. Green bracts with bluntly rounded tips surround the base of each head; these are gland-dotted.

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native range: southeastern United States



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