Emilia sonchifolia

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
Common Name:Lilac Tassel Flower
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Lilac Tassel Flower is an introduced annual in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native to tropical areas of Asia. In Alabama in can be found in the southern half of the state. Lilac 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 1-2 feet in height, simple or branched, green or purplish 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 obovate in outline, and glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Leaf margins are coarsely toothed or deeply lobed and lyrate-pinnatifid. The flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in 3-6 flowered corymbs. The heads contain 15-30 pink, purple or lilac disc flowers and no ray flowers. The fruit is a 5-ribbed achene with a tuff of barbellate white bristles. Lilac Tassel Flower is listed in the Global Compendium of Weeds, and is a host of the bacteria Xanthomonas campetris, which causes a leaf spot infection in beans.—A. Diamond
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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 sonchifolia (L.) DC. - Lilac Tassel Flower

Citation

Citation Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle, Contr. Bot. India 24. 1834.
Basionym: Cacalia sonchifolia L. 1753.
Type: SRI LANKA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 2: 25; 4: 36; 4: 66, no. 305 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Grierson, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 252. 1980.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cacalia sagittata Cacalia sagittata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 91. 1794, nom. illegit.Hieracium javanicum Burman f. 1768. 
Cacalia sonchifolia Cacalia sonchifolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 835. 1753. SRI LANKA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 2: 25; 4: 36; 4: 66, no. 305 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Grierson, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 252. 1980.
Crassocephalum sonchifolium Crassocephalum sonchifolium (Linnaeus) Lessing, Linnaea 6: 252. 1831.Cacalia sonchifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Emilia javanica Emilia javanica (Burman f.) C. B. Robinson, Philipp. J. Sci. 3: 217. 1907.Hieracium javanicum Burman f. 1768. 
Emilia marivelensis Emilia marivelensis Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 362. 1908. PHILIPPINES: Luzon: Bataan Prov., Mt. Mariveles, Oct 1903, Merrill 3282 (holotype: ?; isotype: US).
Emilia sinica Emilia sinica Miquel, J. Bot. Neerl. 1: 105. 1861. CHINA
Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. javanica (Burman f.) Mattfeld, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 445. 1929.Hieracium javanicum Burman f. 1768. 
Emilia sonchifolia var. typica Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. typica Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 686. 1930, nom. inadmiss.Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) de Candolle 1834; Cacalia sonchifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Hieracium javanicum Hieracium javanicum Burman f., Fl. Indica 174, t. 57(1). 1768. INDONESIA: Java: Without data, Garcin s.n. (holotype: G).
Prenanthes javanica Prenanthes javanica (Burman f.) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 1534. 1803.Hieracium javanicum Burman f. 1768. 
Senecio auriculatus Senecio auriculatus Burman f., Fl. Indica 181. 1768. INDONESIA: Java: Without data, Burman s.n. (lectotype: G). Lectotypified by Nicolson, Syst. Bot. 5: 399. 1980.
Senecio rapae Senecio rapae F. Brown, Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 130: 361. 1931. RAPA: Without data, Stokes 383 (holotype: BISH).
Senecio sonchifolius Senecio sonchifolius (Linnaeus) Moench, Suppl. Meth. 231. 1802.Cacalia sonchifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Sonchus javanicus Sonchus javanicus (Burman f.) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3: 648. 1826.Hieracium javanicum Burman f. 1768. 

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, Mobile, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AMAL00016780 Mobile 23 Aug 2009 Horne, Howard E.
1285		 AMAL
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
AUA000003180 Pike 25 Jul 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7047		 AUA
Emilia Sonchifolia (L.) Dc.
AUA000037443 Baldwin 17 Nov 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP2690		 AUA
Emilia Sonchifolia (L.) Dc. Var. Sonchifolia
ALNHS00004198 Baldwin 17 Nov 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2690		 ALNHS
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
AMAL00021738 Mobile 12 Oct 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2421		 AMAL
Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle var. sonchifolia
UWFP004177 Baldwin 16 Nov 2003 James R. Burkhalter
19729		 UWFP
Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
AMAL00014311 Baldwin 17 Nov 2008 Todia, Gena
 AMAL
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
UWFP004178 Baldwin 16 Nov 2003 James R. Burkhalter
19729		 UWFP
Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032319 Mobile 23 Aug 2009 Horne, Howard E.
1285		 TROY
Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle
UWFP004179 Baldwin 08 Nov 2003 James R. Burkhalter
19721		 UWFP
Emilia sonchifolia (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle
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