Oclemena acuminata (Michaux) Greene (Q2276)

taxon name

Oclemena acuminata

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taxon authority

(Michaux) Greene

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

aster acuminé (French)

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whorled wood aster (English)

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sharp-leaved aster (English)

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Whorled wood aster (English)

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aster acuminé (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

3313

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distribution

CA-ON

present

native

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Newmaster, S.G. & S. Ragupathy. 2005. Flora Ontario - Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase I. University of Guelph, Canada. http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/

CA-QC

present

native

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Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-NB

present

native

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Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.

CA-PE

present

native

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Catling, P.M., D.S. Erskine & R.B. MacLaren. 1985. The Plants of Prince Edward Island with new records, nomenclatural changes, and corrections and deletions. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa. Publication 1798. 272 pp.

CA-NS

present

native

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Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

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Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

CA-NB

N.B.

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CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.)

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CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-PE

P.E.I.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-GA

Ga.

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US-KY

Ky.

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MD

Md.

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-NH

N.H.

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US-NJ

N.J.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-NC

N.C.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-PA

Pa.

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US-RI

R.I.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WV

W.Va.

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parent taxon

Oclemena Greene

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

3099206

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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phenology

Flowering late summer–early fall.

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taxon habitat

cool

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mesic to humid forests

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acidic soils

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red spruce-fraser fir appalachian forests

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) to hemlock-white pine-northern hardwoods

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acadian forests

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aspen-white birch groves

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open fir forests

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forest edges

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ridges

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elevation

0–2000 m

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants (2–) 10–80 (–100) cm (in extensive, lax clones; rhizomes superficial, elongate, herbaceous or woody, simple).

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d0_s0

Stems 1, erect, stout (2–4 mm diam.), flexuous, simple, ± densely villosulous, eglandular.

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d0_s1

Leaves 11–18, sometimes ± crowded distally (often seemingly whorled), proximal often withering by flowering;

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d0_s2

sessile or winged-subpetiolate;

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d0_s3

blades obovate to oblanceolate, (20–) 60–150 (–170) × (2–) 10–45 (–50) mm, bases cuneate to attenuate, margins flat, serrate distally, teeth sharp, acuminate, ciliate, apices acuminate, faces sparsely villosulous (abaxial mostly along veins and very sparsely stipitate-glandular; array leaves reduced distally).

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d0_s4

Heads (1–) 5–46 (–61+) in open corymbiform arrays, branches arching-ascending, at nearly right to ± acute angles with stems.

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d0_s5

Peduncles thin, 0.9–4.5 cm, densely villosulous, eglandular;

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d0_s6

bracts 1–2, linear, sparsely villosulous.

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d0_s7

Involucres 5–10 mm.

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d0_s8

Ray-florets (9–) 15 (–18);

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d0_s10

corollas white, seldom pinkish, 15–20 × 1.4–2 mm.

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d0_s11

Disc-florets 14–30;

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d0_s12

corollas ampliate, 5.5–7.5 mm, sparsely glandular;

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d0_s13

tubes shorter than narrowly campanulate, sparsely strigillose throats, lobes reflexed, 0.5–1 mm.

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d0_s14

Cypselae tan, fusiform-obconic, ± compressed, 2.8–3.6 mm, ribs 3–5 (concolorous with bodies), faces glabrous, gland-dotted;

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d0_s15

pappi of whitish bristles in 3 series, outer shorter than disc corollas (innermost attenuate).

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d0_s16

2n = 18.

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d0_s17

morphology statement

atypical some measurement

2

10

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d0_s0

atypical some measurement

80

100

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d0_s0

10

80

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d0_s0

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

1

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d0_s1

orientation

erect

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d0_s1

fragility

size

stout

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d0_s1

course

flexuous

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d0_s1

simple

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d0_s1

villosulous

more or less densely

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d0_s1

eglandular

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d0_s1

11

18

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d0_s2

arrangement

crowded

sometimes more or less; distally

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d0_s2

life cycle

withering

often

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d0_s3

sessile

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d0_s3

winged-subpetiolate

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d0_s3

obovate

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

atypical length

20

60

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d0_s4

atypical length

150

170

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d0_s4

length

60

150

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d0_s4

atypical width

2

10

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d0_s4

atypical width

45

50

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d0_s4

width

10

45

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d0_s4

inflorescence phyllaries base

cuneate

attenuate

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d0_s4

inflorescence palea margin

prominence

flat

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d0_s4

inflorescence palea margin

serrate

distally

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d0_s4

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acuminate

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d0_s4

leaf face

villosulous

sparsely

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d0_s4

inflorescence branch

orientation

arching-ascending

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d0_s5

leaf angle

acute

nearly; more or less

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d0_s5

width

thin

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d0_s6

0.9

4.5

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d0_s6

villosulous

densely

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d0_s6

eglandular

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d0_s6

inflorescence peduncle bract

1

2

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d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

arrangement

course

linear

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d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

villosulous

sparsely

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d0_s7

inflorescence involucre

5

10

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d0_s8

inflorescence flower ray-floret

9

15

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower ray-floret

15

18

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower ray-floret

15

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d0_s10

white

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d0_s11

pinkish

seldom

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d0_s11

length

15

20

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d0_s11

width

1.4

2

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d0_s11

size

ampliate

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d0_s13

5.5

7.5

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d0_s13

function

glandular

sparsely

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower corolla tube

height

length

size

shorter

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower perianth throat

campanulate

narrowly

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower perianth throat

strigillose

sparsely

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

orientation

reflexed

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

0.5

1

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d0_s14

leaf rib

3

5

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d0_s15

leaf face

glabrous

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d0_s15

leaf face

gland-dotted

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d0_s15

fruit pappus bristle

whitish

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d0_s16

chromosome

18

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d0_s17

general structure head

1

5

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d0_s5

general structure head

46

61

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d0_s5

general structure head

5

46

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d0_s5

general structure bundle array

open

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d0_s5

general structure bundle array

corymbiform

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d0_s5

inflorescence flower disc-floret

14

30

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d0_s12

tan

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d0_s15

fusiform-obconic

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d0_s15

compressed

more or less

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d0_s15

2.8

3.6

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