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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Croom Widlife Management Area. Forest road behind Withrow Woods subdivision. 28° 35' 16" N 82° 13' 39" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector C. vanHoek 162
Collection Date 22 Oct 1988
Accession Number 198415
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Nassau Co. : Ca. 5 mi. S of Route 2 along Route 121.
Description Prostrate in litter and sand.
Habitat In dry, mixed hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector D. S. Correll 53035
with H.B. Correll
Collection Date 31 Oct 1981
Accession Number 160825
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : On the SW section of the University of South Florida [Tampa] campus, N of Fowler Avenue. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Habitat Well drained, sandy soil, near a planted stand of Pinus taeda.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A.G. Shuey 2039
Collection Date 22 Jul 1975
Accession Number 129828
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Orange Co. : Along road near entrance to Florida Technological University [now University of Central Florida] campus. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. P. Wunderlin 5546
with J. Poppleton, A.G. Shuey, R. Hilsenbeck, P. Hilsenbeck, R. Wain, T. Wunderlin, V. Arrieta
Collection Date 12 Apr 1975
Accession Number 122596
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida [Tampa] Campus. W of the buildings [?]. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Habitat Bare sand along walks and parking area.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela 31383
Collection Date 01 May 1968
Accession Number 82951
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida [Tampa] Campus. N boundary. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Habitat Shore sand of pond, with Oldenlandia, Diodia.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 23370
Collection Date 18 Sep 1960
Accession Number 20402
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : N side of Lake Pierce, N of Lake Wales. T29S, R28E, Sec. 5. 27° 49' 60" N 81° 58' 0" W
Habitat Dry roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. P. Wunderlin 10385
with K. DeLaney, E. Menges
Collection Date 23 Aug 1988
Accession Number 207533
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Tampa. E border of University of South Florida campus. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Spreading colonies.
Habitat In white, open sand; ditch bank.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 23705
Collection Date 30 Dec 1960
Accession Number 24402
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : E side of road due S from FL 466 and is the boundary between Lake and Sumter Counties, 0.5 km S of Cherry Lake (town), ca. 1 km E of Cherry Lake (lake), and ca. 3 km (by air) W of Lady Lake (town). 28° 41' 60" N 82° 4' 60" W
Habitat Edge of dry oak woods bordering roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. T. Strong 3737
Collection Date 16 Aug 2007
Accession Number 244371
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida Tampa Campus. Ca. 200 m WSW of the LIF building [Life Sciences] (area now part of Magnolia Hall residence construction). 28° 3' 39" N 82° 25' 7" W
Description Prostrate weed.
Habitat In lawn, former sandhill.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. M. Kunzer 2111
Collection Date 09 May 2007
Accession Number 245227
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida Tampa Campus. W of the buildings [?]. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Pioneer plant.
Habitat In disturbed vegetation, bare sand, and margins of walks and parking lots.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 31964
Collection Date 14 Dec 1969
Accession Number 88668
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Madison Co. : Along dirt road near Boggy Bay, 0.3 mi. N of FL 150; ca. 3 mi. NNW of Hamburg. T2N, R8E, Sec. 3, SE¼ of NE¼. 30° 33' 0" N 83° 31' 0" W
Habitat Weedy roadside along mixed woods.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 11535
with F.Essig
Collection Date 01 Sep 1987
Accession Number 192684
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Mount Plymouth. 28° 41' 32" N 81° 32' 50" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 11 Sep 1990
Accession Number 203427
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Mount Plymouth. 28° 41' 32" N 81° 32' 50" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 08 Sep 1983
Accession Number 180217
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Escambia Co. : At the E edge of Pensacola, off the E side of Scenic Highway at the Bayview Memorial Cemetery, along the railroad. 30° 24' 33" N 87° 12' 51" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. Wilhelm 11848
Collection Date 20 Nov 1983
Accession Number 180992
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: K. D. Perkins,
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : 0.25 mi. N of Leesburg off C-466A and US 441. 28° 48' 39" N 81° 52' 40" W
Description Few patches, 30 x 30 in., prostrate; flowers greenish white.
Habitat Bare hillside above small lake, freshly bulldozed.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector L. Baltzell 5868
Collection Date 10 Mar 1974
Accession Number 258874
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: S. B. Davis,
Locality USA. Florida , Marion Co. : Ocala National Forest; 8 mi. N of Lisbon, S of firetower (now removed), 1 mi. N of FL 42 [FLAS note: Nat. Forest Road 88]. 29° 11' 14" N 82° 8' 24" W
Description Procumbent.
Habitat Dry open pine woods.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector L. Baltzell 6377
Collection Date 26 May 1974
Accession Number 258882
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Sumter Co. : N side of Cherry Lake, ca. 1 km E of Morse Boulevard and 0.2 km S of C-466, The Villages retirement community (a drinking community with a golfing problem). 28° 55' 2" N 81° 57' 39" W
Habitat Sandy, disturbed construction site.
Reproductive State Fertile
Elevation 18 to m
Collector M. T. Strong 4074
with F. Strong
Collection Date 25 Dec 2011
Accession Number 265019
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe Schrank
Locality USA. Florida , Calhoun Co. : Clarksville: Juniper Creek Wildlife Management Area; entrance road, ca. 150 m. 30° 25' 51" N 85° 15' 4" W
Description Locally uncommon prostrate herb to 5 cm; leaves glabrous and somewhat chartaceous; flowers creamy white with yellow anthers; fruit spiny.
Habitat Sandy roadside.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector T. MacClendon 1393
with K. MacClendon, L.C. Anderson
Collection Date 10 Nov 2014
Accession Number 277343
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze - Determined By: Lakela, 1969
Determination History
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
Locality St. Vincent & the Grenadines. St. Vincent , St. Patrick Par. : Hills N of Grove Village.
Description Low, weedy herb.
Habitat On open grassy banks.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 1000 to 1900 ft
Collector G. R. Proctor
Collection Date 05 Mar 1965
Accession Number 80620
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Alabama , Escambia Co. : Ca. 3.5 mi. W of Barnett. T3N, R7E, SE¼, Sec. 3.
Habitat Along agricultural roadside.
Reproductive State
Collector G. Wilhelm
with D. Ladd
Collection Date 19 May 1981
Accession Number 161183
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
Locality USA. South Carolina , Horry Co. : On SC 19, 1.2 mi. S of junction with SC 917.
Habitat Wasted roadside.
Reproductive State
Collector J. A. Duke
Collection Date 19 Oct 1957
Accession Number 14865
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
Locality USA. North Carolina , Sampson Co. : NC 242, between Dunn and Roseboro, near Salemburg.
Description Sprawling herb-weed, florets greenish-white.
Habitat Of Sandy and clayey road shoulders.
Reproductive State
Collector R. B. Channell
with H.F.L. Rock
Collection Date 01 Aug 1956
Accession Number 18296
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kunth
Locality USA. Georgia , Candler Co. : 2.4 km, 1.5 mi. E of the Emanuel County line on GA 46.
Habitat Xeric Pinus palustris-mixed Quercus forest over sand.
Reproductive State
Collector D. E. Boufford
with E.W. Wood, C.I. Peng
Collection Date 28 Aug 1979
Accession Number 154959
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kunth
Locality USA. South Carolina , Richland Co. : On W side of Salem Road between Firebreaks 68 and 89; Training Area 11C.
Habitat Sandy ground.
Reproductive State
Collector J. B. Nelson
with S.B. Long
Collection Date 03 Aug 1992
Accession Number 207122
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kunth
Determination History
Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) A. DC.
Locality USA. Georgia
Reproductive State
Collector A. H. Curtiss
Collection Date 01 Jan 1875
Accession Number 209602
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kunth
Locality USA. Georgia , Charlton Co. : GA 121 at Saint Mary's River, near junction of HA 121 and GA 185 at the FL state line.
Habitat Sandy river bank.
Reproductive State
Collector S. B. Jones
with J. Loew
Collection Date 11 Jul 1979
Accession Number 161569
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Okaloosa Co. : Above E end of west pond, Twin Hills Park, Crestview. 30° 45' 43" N 86° 33' 51" W
Description Weed.
Habitat Lawn on slope; soil sandy; with Richardia brasiliensis, Diodia teres, Polypremum procumbens, and Helenium amarum.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. R. Burkhalter
Collection Date 10 Sep 2011
Accession Number 298889
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2010
Locality Bolivia. Santa Cruz Dept.
Description Cultivated annual herb 30 cm tall, dichotomously branched; flowers and fruits pale green.
Habitat Garden plot.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 23 Sep 2007
Accession Number 278622
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Oct 1995
Locality Guyana. Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo S Rupununi Savanna, E side of Rupununi River, Dadanawa; due SE of Dadanawa compound 1-10 km. 2° 50' 0" N 59° 24' 60" W
Description Occasional trailing herb.
Habitat Wet open savanna, sandy soil and ponds; disturbed sand near pond.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 110 to 120 m
Collector S. R. Hill
with C. N. Horn & J. Wiersema
Collection Date 21 Aug 1995
Accession Number 215470
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1976
Determination History
Acanthospermum xanthioides (Kunth) DC. - Determined By: Maas, 1973
Locality Brazil. Amazonas , Manaus Mun. : Cachoeirinha. 3° 7' 27" S 60° 0' 33" W
Description Common herb; flowers creamy, fruit green, maturing black.
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector P. J. M. Maas
with H. Maas
Collection Date 16 Mar 1971
Accession Number 106863
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl. ex L.) Kuntze
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Fish Hawk Nature Preserve, Lithia. 27° 49' 39" N 82° 12' 3" W
Description Weed.
Habitat Ground cover restoration area, former Bahia grass [Paspalum notatum] pasture.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 25 Jun 2010
Accession Number 301150
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Acanthospermum australe
Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - Determined By: C. vanHoek, 2021
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Kirkland Lake.
Reproductive State Fruit Bud Immature Fruit
Collector C. F. Caudle
with M. L. Gilbert, M. S. Tisdale, et. al.
Collection Date 01 Jul 1963
Accession Number 303494
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