Interesting Facts
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Tribe Lactuceae
The Lactuceae are a tribe of closely related genera of the sunflower family that are easily recognized because the flowering heads are composed of wholly of ligulate florets that are usually 5-lobed. Another very distinguishing feature is the milky sap . Although not apparent without magnification, the pollen is distinctive in that the spines are more or less restricted to discrete ridges or flanges on the surface of the grain. In other members of the family the spines are distributed more or less evenly over the surface of the pollen grain . The pappus usually consists of scales or stiff hairs . -- Gerald D. Carr.
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August, September. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 991 meters (0 to 3,251 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 6-9" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
()
- Tribe:
Lactuceae
()
- Subtribe:
Hieraciinae
()
- Genus:
Andryala
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
agardhii
- Haens. ex DC.
- Botanical name: - Andryala agardhii Haens. ex DC.
- Specific epithet:
agardhii
- Haens. ex DC.
- Genus:
Andryala
(
- Subtribe:
Hieraciinae
(
- Tribe:
Lactuceae
(
- Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Andryala agardhii Haenseler ex Dc.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: African Flowering Plants
Database
, Govaerts
World Compositae Checklist
A-G, IPNI, Tropicos, Euro+Med, Dolomite
.
GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:311E9DF3-FEB9-4051-927D-BE70CB8E09D6
Last scrutiny: 09-Nov-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Andryala
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Further Reading
- Preliminary draft list of plant species for inclusion in a 'Responsibility List' of European plants WCMC url p. 77.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 24, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
- GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3442503
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-1104
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13845076
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:176600-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 176600-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 718103
Footnotes
- Mean = 500.240 meters (1,641.207 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,160.590 based on 17 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
