Emilia fosbergii

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
Common Name:Florida Tassel Flower
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Tassel Flower is an introduced annual in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native to tropical Africa and Asia. In Alabama in can be found primarily in the southern half of the state. Tassel Flower occurs in pots with nursery plants, in flower beds, around parking lots, and in other disturbed areas. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are 1-3 feet in height, simple or branched, green in color, and glabrous or pubescent. Leaves are alternate, the lower petiolate with winged petioles and the upper sessile with auriculate clasping bases. The blades are ovate to oblanceolate or pandurate in outline, weakly toothed to entire, and glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. The flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. The heads contain 50-60 pinkish-purple to reddish disc flowers and no ray flowers. The fruit is a 5-ribbed achene with a tuff of 80-100 barbellate white bristles. Tassel Flower is listed in the Global Compendium of Weeds, and is considered an invasive species in some parts of the world.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Emilia
Species Emilia fosbergii Nicholson - Florida Tassel Flower

Citation

Citation Emilia fosbergii Nicolson, Phytologia 32(1): 34. 1975.
Basionym: **
Type: BAHAMAS: New Providence: Near Nassau, 26 Cec 1902, Curtiss 6 (holotype: US; isotypes: F, GH, MO, NY, US).

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Baldwin, Houston, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWFP004157 Mobile 06 Jun 2007 James R. Burkhalter
21401		 UWFP
Emilia fosbergii Nicolson
AMAL00021175 Baldwin 09 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7304		 AMAL
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
AMAL00021261 Baldwin 20 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13618		 AMAL
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
AMAL00019792 Mobile 02 Feb 2013 Horne, Howard E.
1965		 AMAL
Emilia fosbergii Nicolson
ALNHS00004171 Baldwin 14 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2594		 ALNHS
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
TROY000038943 Montgomery 03 Nov 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24683		 TROY
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
ALNHS00006958 Baldwin 19 Nov 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5396		 ALNHS
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
TROY000052051 Pike 23 Sep 2020 Woods, Michael
11075		 TROY
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
AMAL00021097 Baldwin 04 Nov 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1742		 AMAL
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
AUA000028682 Baldwin 9 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7304		 AUA
Emilia Fosbergii D. H. Nicols.
AMAL00021260 Baldwin 20 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13617		 AMAL
Emilia fosbergii D.H. Nicols.
UWAL0043069 Baldwin 30 May 2007 Nation, N. Fred
1598		 UWAL
Emilia fosbergii Nicolson
UWAL0012042 Baldwin 09 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7304		 UWAL
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
UWAL0015789 Montgomery 03 Nov 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24583		 UWAL
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
TROY000038568 Baldwin 09 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7304		 TROY
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
TROY000001833 Houston 10 Sep 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7648		 TROY
Emilia fosbergii Nicholson
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