Pityopsis tracyi (Small) Small. Common name: Tracy’s Goldenaster. Phenology: Oct-Dec. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, scrubby flatwoods, and mesic to wet-mesic pine savannas on poorly drained Spodosols. Distribution: Endemic to peninsular Fl and se. GA; reports of it in n. AL were probably based on aberrant individuals of P. graminifolia.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Bridges & Orzell (2018b) for detailed discussion. This taxon can be diploid (2n=18), tetraploid (2n=36), or hexaploid (2n=54). A large complex of forms are produced by this variation in ploidy level, and possible introgression, for a detailed discussion with illustrations see Nesom (2019a).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, S, Nesom (2019a); = Heterotheca graminifolia (Michx.) Shinners var. tracyi (Small) Long; = Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. var. tracyi (Small) Semple — FNA20, Semple & Bowers (1985); = Pityopsis nervosa (Willd.) Dress var. tracyi (Small) D.B.Ward — Ward (2004c); < Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Elliott — SE1; < Heterotheca graminifolia (Michx.) Shinners — Bowers (1972); < Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. — Fl7, WH3; Chrysopsis tracyi Small. Basionym: Chrysopsis tracyi Small 1903
Links to other floras: = Pityopsis graminifolia var. tracyi - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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