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Marshallia legrandii

Marshallia legrandii Weakley

oak barrens barbara’s-buttons, legrand's barbara's-buttons, tall barbara's-buttons

Marshallia legrandii (Oak Barrens Barbara’s-buttons)

Image ID: 15599
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: MALE8
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Marshallia legrandii
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-01-11

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: MARSH
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Marshallia
GENUS AUTHORITY: Schreb.
GENUS COMMON: Barbara's buttons
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 11 species, perennial herbs, of the se. United States. Marshallia ranges from sc. VA, sw. PA, WV, s. KY, s. MO, and c. OK, south to c. peninsular FL, and sw. TX.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Weakley& Poindexter (2012); Channell (1957)=Z; Watson in FNA (2006c); Watson & Estes (1990)=Y; Cronquist (1980)=SE; Watson, Elisens, & Estes (1991); Watson, Jansen, & Estes (1991); Beadle & Boynton (1901)=X.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ASTERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Asteraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792
FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO:
STEMS: Stems erect, unbranched, striate, especially immediately below the head.
LEAVES: Leaves basal and cauline, alternate; the first basal (most proximal) leaves withering by anthesis, basal petiolate, blades 3-nerved, lanceolate to oblanceolate (sometimes linear-oblanceolate), 15-30 cm long x 7-20 mm wide; apex acute to acuminate.
INFLORESCENCE: Heads single, 26-45 mm in diameter.
FLOWERS: Corollas pale to deep pink, 10-13 mm long, tubes ca. 10 mm, lobes 5-7.5 x 0.7-1.1 mm. Anthers Purple, 3-3.5 mm long, the column exerted beyond the corolla throat.
FRUITS: Cypselae 3.0-3.2 mm long, 1.5-1.6 mm wide, hairy on the ribs at maturity.
COMMENTS: The specific epithet legrandii commemorates the original discoverer, Harry Legrand, and emphasizes his immense contributions to natural heritage conservation. Marshallia legrandii is restricted to Granville Co., North Carolina and adjacent Halifax Co., Virginia within the Piedmont Physiographic Province of these States.
HEIGHT: 60-80(-100) cm

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Late Jun-Jul

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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BLOOM COLOR: Corollas pale to deep pink.

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Sep.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Restricted to fire-maintained mafic (diabase, greenstone) rock barrens, savannas, and woodlands.
NATIVE RANGE: NC & VA

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
254	2011-0094	2011-05-04	257	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
600	254	21	Poythress	2011-04-08	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: MALE8
USDA Common Name: Tall Barbara's Buttons
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (NC, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP ID	S RANK	ROUNDED S RANK	G RANK	ROUNDED G RANK	STATE STATUS	FEDERAL STATUS
15126	S1	S1	G1	G1	SR-L

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Marshallia legrandii
COMMON NAME: Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttons
SYNONYMY: [= Va; < M. grandiflora - RAB]
PHENOLOGY: Late Jun-Jul; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Diabase barrens and fire-maintained woodlands over greenstone.
COMMENTS: This species is known from two extant and two extirpated populations, in Granville County, NC and Halifax Co. VA, where associated with numerous rare and disjunct taxa of prairie or barren affinities: Solidago ptarmicoides, Solidago rigida var. glabrata, Symphyotrichum depauperatum, Echinacea laevigata, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Baptisia australis var. aberrans, Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum, Carex meadii, Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium, Scutellaria leonardii, Lithospermum canescens, and others. See Weakley & Poindexter (2012) for additional information.
RANGE MAP: Marshallia legrandii.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Marshallia Schreb. (Barbara's buttons)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 11 species, perennial herbs, of the se. United States. Marshallia ranges from sc. VA, sw. PA, WV, s. KY, s. MO, and c. OK, south to c. peninsular FL, and sw. TX.
REFERENCE: Weakley& Poindexter (2012); Channell (1957)=Z; Watson in FNA (2006c); Watson & Estes (1990)=Y; Cronquist (1980)=SE; Watson, Elisens, & Estes (1991); Watson, Jansen, & Estes (1991); Beadle & Boynton (1901)=X.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Marshallia legrandii in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Marshallia legrandii in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Marshallia legrandii in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Marshallia legrandii in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Marshallia legrandii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Marshallia legrandii

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 15599 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 15599 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 7775 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 29665 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)