Ionactis linariifolia

Ionactis linariifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ionactis
Species: I. linariifolia
Binomial name
Ionactis linariifolia
(L.) Greene 1897
Synonyms[1]

Ionactis linariifolia also known as the flax-leaf ankle-aster, flaxleaf whitetop or simply aster[2] is a North American species of plants in the daisy family. It was initially classified by Carolus Linnaeus as Aster linariifolius,[3] known as the stiff-leafed aster.[4]Ionactis was classified as a separate genus by Edward Lee Greene in 1897.[5]

Ionactis linariifolia grows across much of eastern and central North America from Florida north as far as Québec and New Brunswick, and west to extreme eastern Texas.[6]

Ionactis linariifolia is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. Leaves are green, long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. The plant usually produces several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has blue, white, or violet ray flowers surrounding numerous yellow disc flowers.[7]

1913 Line drawing

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene
  2. ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067004 Flora of North America
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 874 in Latin
  4. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Washington - Baltimore area, page 22
  5. ↑ Greene, Edward Lee. 1897. Pittonia 3(17C): 245–246
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ↑ Flora of North America, Ionactis linariifolia (Linnaeus) Greene, 1897. Flax-leaf ankle-aster, flaxleaf whitetop or aster, aster à feuilles de linaires


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