Arnoglossum album

Arnoglossum album (Bay County Indian plantain)[1] is a rare Florida species of plants in the sunflower family, first described to modern science in 1998.[2] It has been found only in Bay and Gulf Counties in the Florida Panhandle.[3][4]

Arnoglossum album
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Senecioneae
Genus:
Arnoglossum
Species:
A. album
Binomial name
Arnoglossum album
L.C.Anderson

Arnoglossum album is a plant growing up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads are white, occasionally with a pink tinge. The species grows in poorly drained acidic soils.[2][3]

References
  1. "Arnoglossum album". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. Anderson, Loran Crittendon 1998. Sida 18(2): 377–384, figures 1, 6–9 on page 379
  3. Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 623 Arnoglossum album L. C. Anderson, Sida. 18: 378, figs. 1, 6-9. 1998.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

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