Chrysopsis cruiseana

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Family:	ASTERACEAE
Species:	Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress
Common Name:	Cruise's Goldenaster
Habitat:	Around sand dunes of outer coastal plain.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	Collected in Baldwin County but no record so far exists in Alabama herbaria.
Status:	Native, SH (State Rank), G5T2 (Global Rank)
References:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	ASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus	Chrysopsis
Species	Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress - Cruise's Goldenaster

Citation	Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress, Gentes Herbarum 8(5): 408–409, f. 126. 1954.
Basionym:	**
Type:	USA: FLORIDA: Escambia Co.: Santa Rosa Island, ca. 2 mi. E of Pensacola Beach, 27 Dec 1953, Dress & Cruise 2822 (holotype: BH).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. cruiseana	Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.)Elliott subsp. cruiseana (Dress) Semple, Canad. J. Bot. 58: 148. 1980.	Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress 1954.

No specimens exist for this species.

For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 11/9/2024

Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.