Calotis cuneifolia — Australian wedgeleaf
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New England distribution
Adapted from BONAP data
Native: indigenous.
Non-native: introduced (intentionally or unintentionally); has become naturalized.
County documented: documented to exist in the county by evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).
State documented: documented to exist in the state, but not documented to a county within the state. Also covers those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).
Note: when native and non-native populations both exist in a county, only native status is shown on the map.
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Australian wedgeleaf may have been imported to Massachusetts as a horticultural species, in shipments of raw wool, or on farm animals. The burrs are often caught in the wool of sheep in its native Australia.
Habitat
Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats)
Characteristics
- Habitat
- terrestrial
- New England state
- Massachusetts
- Leaf type
- leaves are simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)
- Leaf arrangement
- alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem
- Leaf blade edges
- the edge of the leaf blade has lobes, or it has both teeth and lobes
- Tuft or plume on fruit
- there is no plume, or the plume is made up of scales, awns, a crown, or a rim
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Flowers
- Bract cycle number
- there are three or more cycles of bracts
- Flower head number
- each flowering stem has four or more flower heads on it
- Flower head outer flowers
- at the outer edge of the flower head, each flower has a single enlarged lobe or strap
- Flower head platform
- the base has no bristles or papery scales
- Flower head platform surface
- NA
- Ray flower reproductive parts
-
- the ray flowers have carpels or stamens, but not both
- there are neither carpels nor stamens in the ray flowers
- Scale tip
- NA
- Style branches
- the style branch is narrow at the tip, or the style branches are narrow at the tips
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Fruits or seeds
- Number of pappus parts
-
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- Seed tuft type
-
- the pappus is made of flat scales that are not split or frayed at the tips
- the pappus is made of stiff, tapering bristles
- Top of disk flower ovary
- NA
- Tuft or plume on fruit
- there is no plume, or the plume is made up of scales, awns, a crown, or a rim
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Glands or sap
- Sap
- the sap is clear and watery
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Leaves
- Leaf arrangement
- alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem
- Leaf blade base
-
- the leaf has a distinct petiole
- the leaf has no petiole and at the base it clasps the stem, or goes all the way around the stem so the stem appears to pierce the leaf
- Leaf blade base shape
- the base of the leaf blade is cuneate (wedge-shaped, tapers to the base with relatively straight, converging edges), or narrow
- Leaf blade edges
- the edge of the leaf blade has lobes, or it has both teeth and lobes
- Leaf disposition
- the leaves are nearly similar in size, prominence of teeth, and length of stalks throughout the stem
- Leaf type
- leaves are simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)
-
Place
- Habitat
- terrestrial
- New England state
- Massachusetts
- Specific habitat
- man-made or disturbed habitats
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Stem, shoot, branch
- Leaves on stem
- there is at least one full leaf above the base of the flowering stem
Wetland status
Not classified
New England distribution and conservation status
Distribution
- Connecticut
- absent
- Maine
- absent
- Massachusetts
- present
- New Hampshire
- absent
- Rhode Island
- absent
- Vermont
- absent
Conservation status
Exact status definitions can vary from state to state. For details, please check with your state.
- Massachusetts
- not applicable (S-rank: SNA)
From the dichotomous key of Flora Novae Angliae
1. Calotis cuneifolia R. Br. E
Australian wedgeleaf. MA. Roadsides, waste areas.