Currently Accepted Name: | Hasteola robertiorum L. C. Anderson |
Locality: | Florida, Lake Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required. |
Description: | Common. Mature plants ranging from 0.8 - 1.5 m tall, basal leaves mostly gone or severely damaged by insects and flooding by [the time of] anthesis. Population phenology ranging from plants in bud to others with dehiscing achenes at this date. Most vigorous in canopy gaps. |
Habitat: | Seepage-saturated hydric hammock along spring-fed blackwater stream. On soggy, sometimes quaking deep black muck. Under a canopy of Quercus laurifolia, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Luquidambar styracuflua, Magnolia virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Tilia caroliniana [T. americana var. caroliniana], and Ulmus americana. Shrub and ground cover associates include Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Agarista populifolia, Dryopteris ludoviciana, Thelypteris kunthii, T. palustris [var. pubescens], Dichanthelium commutatum, Decumaria barbara, Carex leptalea, Rhynchospora miliacea, Panicum anceps, and Spiranthes odorata. |
Collector: | S. L. Orzell 23332 with E.L. Bridges, G. Reese |