Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dream Herb, Leaf of God
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 Heliantheae
The Heliantheae are a tribe of closely related genera of the sunflower family that can be readily recognized due to the association of a receptacular bract or chaff scale with each disk floret in the head . The heads usually include bisexual , actinomorphic disk florets with tubular corollas that have 4 or 5 distal lobes and also peripheral zygomorphic female or sometimes sterile florets with strap-shaped corollas that have 3 or fewer distal teeth. However, the ray flowers are sometimes absent and the heads are then discoid , containing only bisexual florets with tubular corollas. The pappus is absent or more commonly ranges from scales to stiff bristles . -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Flowers: Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 24-36" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (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:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Heliantheae
()
- Subtribe:
Melampodiinae
()
- Genus:
Calea
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1763
- Specific epithet:
zacatechichi
- Schltdl.
- Botanical name: - Calea zacatechichi Schltdl.
- Specific epithet:
zacatechichi
- Schltdl.
- Genus:
Calea
(
- Subtribe:
Melampodiinae
(
- Tribe:
Heliantheae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: CONABIO, Govaerts World Compositae Checklist
A-G, IPNI, MesoAmericana, Tropicos. GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:A3052879-BD64-4879-98C1-587A3861F35E
Last scrutiny: 11-Aug-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. lobata (Sepi) · C. zacatechichi (Dream Herb)
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Further Reading
- An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences. .. by George M. Gould. 5th ed., with additions and corrections. PhiladelphiaP. Blakiston's Son1907 url p. 250.
- Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 7 1921 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 427, p. 843.
- Flora of Guatemala / Dorothy L. Nash, Louis O. Williams; genera contributed by Kenneth M. Becker. .. [et al.]. 24 1976 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 223.
- Flora of Yucatan, by Paul C. Standley. 3 1930 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. url p. 441.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 53.
- Publication / Institute of Social Anthropology. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1944- url p. 341.
- Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 1681.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1805279
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-22902
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:187802-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 987326
