Chrysopsis scabrella

Chrysopsis scabrella Torr. & A. Gray is native to peninsula Florida. It has densely glandular leaves (stiplitate glands small) and phyllaries and fruits that lack translucent reddish brown ridges. The species is diploid (2n=10).ÌýÌý.  Semple & Steenhof (2025) compared C. scabrella, C. delaneyi, C. highlandsensis, and C. floridana in a multivariate morphometric analysis with leaf hair length, number of disc florets, mid stem leaf length, and upper stem leaf width being the statistically strongest traits separating the four species.

Chrysopsis scabrella range in Florida JCS

Semple, J.C. and N. Steenhof.  2025.  A multivariate morphometric study of the Chrysopsis scabrella complex in Peninsula Florida (Asteraceae: Astereae).  Phytoneuron 2025-6: 1-13.

Last revised 6 May 2025 by J.C. Semple

© 2025 J.C. Semple, including all photographs unless otherwise indicated

Chrysopsis scabrella S 10901 Charlotte Co., FL
Chrysopsis scabrella 2547 FL
Chrysopsis scabrella, basal rosettes, central Florida
Chrysopsis scabrella, heads, Charlotte Co., Florida

1-4. Chrysopsis scabrella. 1. Large plant, Semple et al. 10901, Charlotte Co., Florida. 2. Shoot, Semple et al. 2547, Orange Co., Florida 3. Basal rosettes, Semple & Wunderlin 2490, Hillsborough Co., Florida. 4. Heads, S et al. 10901.