Calyptocarpus vialis

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Calyptocarpus vialis Less.
Common Name:Straggler Daisy; Lawn Flower
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Straggler Daisy is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native from southern and south-central Texas south through eastern Mexico to Yucatan and Cuba. In Alabama it can be found primarily in the southern half of the state. Straggler Daisy can be found in lawns, along railroads, in fields, in clearings in woodlands, on creek and river banks, and on roadsides. It is a perennial with a tap root. The prostrate stems are 6-10 inches in length, green or purplish-red in color, and pubescent with appressed hairs. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, deltate to ovate or lanceolate in outline, pubescent, with toothed margins. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are solitary and short peduncled from the axils of the leaves. Each head has 3-8 inconspicuous yellow ray flowers and 10-20 yellow disc flowers. The fruit is a flattened achene with 2 stout awns. Straggler Daisey is occasionally available from nurseries where it is sold as a shade-tolerant groundcover that tolerates moderate foot traffic.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Calyptocarpus
Species Calyptocarpus vialis Less. - Straggler Daisy; Lawn Flower

Citation

Citation Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 221. 1832.
Basionym: **
Type: MEXICO

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Calyptocarpus blepharolepis Calyptocarpus blepharolepis B. L. Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 47: 214. 1911. ALABAMA: Baldwin Co.: tensaw, 18 Aug 1904, Tracy 8946 (holotype: GH).
Calyptocarpus tampicanus Calyptocarpus tampicanus (de Candolle) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1274, 1340. 1903.Oligogyne tampicana de Candolle 1836. 
Oligogyne tampicana Oligogyne tampicana de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 629. 1836. MEXICO: Tamaulipas: Tampico,

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dallas, Elmore, Houston, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000047404 Autauga 26 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
893		 TROY
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
UWAL0046265 Autauga 26 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
893		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
UWAL0042824 Baldwin 19 Sep 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1127		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lees.
UWAL0042823 Baldwin 22 Aug 2005 Larsen, Harry S.
1463		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lees.
UWFP000025679acc Baldwin 30 Nov 2015 James R. Burkhalter
25677		 UWFP
Calyptocarpus vialis Less.
UWAL0033218 Coffee 03 Jan 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27129		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
TROY000044244 Coffee 03 Jan 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27129		 TROY
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
TROY000047537 Conecuh 10 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28633		 TROY
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
UWAL0039189 Conecuh 10 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28633		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
UWAL0033282 Covington 19 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27065		 UWAL
Calyptocarpus vialis Lessing
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