Seymeria pectinata

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Family:OROBANCHACEAE
Species:Seymeria pectinata Pursh
Common Name:Piedmont Black Senna; Comb Black Senna
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SEPE2
Plant Notes:Comb Black Senna is a native herbaceous herb in the Broomrape family (Orobanchaceae). It occurs in the southern half of Alabama. Comb Black Senna is a root hemi-parasite on various species of herbs and trees, but not pines. It occurs in pine savannahs, on dry ridges, and in rocky woods. It is an annual from a tap root. Seedlings that are able to form haustorial attachments to the roots of a host plant are able to continue their growth and development. Seedlings that fail to establish a host attachment wither and die. Stems are erect, branched, green or reddish-purple in color, and pubescent. Plants are from 1-2 feet in height. Leaves are opposite, short petiolate, and with pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid margins with lanceolate segments. Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils. Individual flowers have a short stalk and a calyx composed of 5 narrow sepals united at their base, and 5 yellow corolla lobes. The exterior of the corolla is pubescent and the interior is pubescent between the lobes. The fruit is a capsule. Dead plants turn black due to iriod compounds that become visible as the chlorophyll breaks down.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyOROBANCHACEAE - Broomrape family
Genus Seymeria
Species Seymeria pectinata Pursh - Piedmont Black Senna; Comb Black Senna

Citation

Citation Seymeria pectinata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 737. 1814 [1813].
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Catesby 1233 (lectotype: OXF). Lectotypified by Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 409. 1935.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Afzelia pectinata var. peninsularis Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, var. peninsularis Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 71: 265. 1920. FLORIDA: Collier Co.: Marco, Jul-Aug 1900, Hitchcock 254 (holotype: US).
Afzelia pectinata Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 457. 1891.Seymeria pectinata Pursh 1814. 
Seymeria heterophyla Seymeria heterophyla Rafinesque, New Fl. 2; 68. 1837 ("1836"), nom. illegit.Seymeria jacksonii Elliott 1822. 
Seymeria jacksonii Seymeria jacksonii Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 123. 1822. GEORGIA: Jefferson Co.: Louisville, s.d., Jackson s.n. (holotype: CHARL).
Seymeria pectinata subsp. typica Seymeria pectinata Pursh, subsp. typica Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 409. 1935, nom. inadmiss.Seymeria pectinata Pursh 1814. 
Seymeria pectinata subsp. peninsularis Seymeria pectinata Pursh, subsp. peninsularis (Pennell) Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 411. 1935.Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, var. peninsularis Pennell 1920. 

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, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Sumter

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1879 - 1879

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000037755 Covington 16 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5225		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh Ssp. Pectinata
TROY000009188 Pike 21 Aug 2000 Hall, James A.
118		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA000040529 Geneva 8 Aug 1983 Coile, Nancy C.
3816		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
UWAL0046550 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1845		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_70214 Covington 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3577		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
UWAL0004161 Bibb 01 Sep 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10434		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_40546 Butler 30 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40869		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_63241 Bibb 1 Sep 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10434		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
UWAL0018989 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87762		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000009189 Pike 29 Aug 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11595		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_44718 Conecuh 30 Aug 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2758		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
TROY000009187 Coffee 04 Sep 2000 Martin, Brian H.
958		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0001660 Sumter 29 Sep 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3106		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
ALNHS00000720 Monroe 24 Aug 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-376		 ALNHS
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_73843 Covington 21 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4503		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
UWAL0043657 Baldwin 06 Sep 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
794		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000044660 Geneva 17 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1438		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0037774 Geneva 03 Aug 1996 Sorrie, Bruce A.
8958		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UNA00042515 Montgomery 01 Sep 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Seymeria pectinata Pursh subsp. pectinata
UWAL0001724 Pike 05 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21609		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0033611 Choctaw 09 Oct 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9824		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0038929 Covington 21 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4503		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
JSU137799 Butler 30 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40869		 JSU
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0034904 Dale 16 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74354		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000024109 Conecuh 30 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19867		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000044753 Geneva 27 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1447		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UNA00060360 Bibb 01 Sep 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10434		 UNA
Seymeria pectinata Pursh subsp. pectinata
AUA_ACC_13079 Sumter 7 Sep 1963 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
1737		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
TROY000024108 Butler 21 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19819		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UNA00042514 Mobile _ Sep 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Seymeria pectinata Pursh subsp. pectinata
TROY000049001 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1845		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000024111 Geneva 28 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19844		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
TROY000024110 Escambia 16 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20310		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
UWAL0004162 Conecuh 30 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19867		 UWAL
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
AUA_ACC_23127 Macon 9 Oct 1970 Kapa, Milton
24B		 AUA
Seymeria Pectinata Pursh
TROY000023935 Bibb 01 Sep 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10434		 TROY
Seymeria pectinata Pursh
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