Characteristics
Dicots
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.)Lam.
OLD-MAN'S CAP
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Its presence in Florida was originally conceived to be a rare endemic described as P. nebulosa (Lakela 1962, 1963). The lack of a clear morphological distinction and its disjunction in disturbed sites in Florida suggest it is an introduction of the widespread P. corymbosa.
Not Native
Classification
Citation
POLYCARPAEA CORYMBOSA (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 2: 129. 1797.
Achyranthes corymbosa Linnaeus 1753.
SRI LANKA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 3: 3(100) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Turrill, in Turrill & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Caryophyllac. 8. 1956.
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