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Carphephorus odoratissimus (vanillaleaf)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Carphephorus odoratissimus (common name Vanillaleaf) is a species of North American plants in the sunflower family. They are native to the southeastern United States in the States of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida. Carphephorus odoratissimus is an herb up to 180 cm (6 feet) tall, largely without hairs. It produces a flat-topped inflorescence with many small purplish flower heads containing disc florets but no ray florets.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Gulf Island National Seashore II 67487 Florida, Mississippi, United States

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Carolina Longleaf Pine / Mixed Scrub Oak Sandhill United States (North Carolina)
Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)

Predators

Phenacoccus gossypii (Mexican mealybug)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0