Rayjacksonia phyllocephala (A.P. de Candolle) R.L. Hartman & M.A. Lane var. megacephala (Nash) D.B. Ward. Common name: Florida Camphor-daisy. Phenology: (Jul-) Sep-Dec (-Jun). Habitat: Dunes, coastal sand flats and strands. Distribution: West coast of FL peninsula from Levy County south to Monroe County (keys); disjunct, perhaps as a waif, in Terrebonne Parish, LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Nesom, Rosen, & Lawrence (2013), Ward (2012a); = Sideranthus megacephalus Small — S; < Haplopappus phyllocephalus DC. — SE1; < Rayjacksonia phyllocephala (DC.) R.L.Hartm. & M.A.Lane — Fl7, FNA20, POWO, WH3, Lane & Hartman (1996); Eriocarpum megacephalum Nash. Basionym: Eriocarpum megacephalum Nash 1896
Links to other floras: < Rayjacksonia phyllocephala - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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