Polymnia laevigata

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Polymnia
Species:	Polymnia laevigata Beadle
Common Name	Tennessee Leafcup
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
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Status	Native; TN[S3] KY[S1S2] (State Rank); G3 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Johnson (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Marion (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Van Buren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1898 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100283033	Hickman	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Polymnia laevigata
31234100283041	Hickman	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney and Terri L. Hamilton	EKY Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226488	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226490	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226491	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226612	Hickman	Kentucky			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226487	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024012	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0069891	Fulton	Kentucky			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0040023	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0045101	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024002	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024018	Sequatchie	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0040022	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
UCHT028886	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226483	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024004	Hickman	Kentucky	11 Sep 1968	Raymond Athey	APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0056154	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024003	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0056155	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
UOS01191	Franklin	Tennessee	24 Jul 2002	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Polymnia laevigata
UOS01196	Franklin	Tennessee	26 Sep 2006	Alfire Sidik	UOS Polymnia laevigata
UOS01198	Franklin	Tennessee	31 Aug 1994	George S. Ramseur	UOS Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528476	Grundy	Tennessee	21 Sep 1989	J. A. Raveill 2778	VDB Polymnia laevigata
31234100283025	Hickman	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	09 Jun 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226494	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226485	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226611	Hickman	Kentucky			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226493	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024017	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
UCHT028882	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Polymnia laevigata
UCHT028884	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Polymnia laevigata
UOS01189	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Oct 1999	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528475	Franklin	Tennessee	28 Sep 1985	R. K. Clements 582	VDB Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528477	Obion	Tennessee	28 Jul 1988	Milo Guthrie 2082	VDB Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Hickman	Kentucky		Landon E. McKinney	EKY Polymnia laevigata
31234100732450	Hickman	Kentucky		Max E. Medley	EKY Polymnia laevigata
UCHT007968	Hickman	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	UCHT Polymnia laevigata
APSC0045635	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Sep 1898	H. Eggert	UCHT Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528478	Sequatchie	Tennessee	30 Sep 1993	Milo Pyne 93-270	VDB Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528578	Rhea	Tennessee	16 Aug 1978	Paul Somers 1410	VDB Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226497	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226489	Lauderdale	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024014	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024016	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0091727	Hickman	Kentucky			APSC Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Hickman	Kentucky		Landon E. McKinney	EKY Polymnia laevigata
BRIT528577	Sequatchie	Tennessee	30 Sep 1993	Milo Pyne 93-270	VDB Polymnia laevigata
31234100283017	Hickman	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226486	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226492	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024001	Lauderdale	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024010	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0056153	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
UOS01199	Franklin	Tennessee	28 Sep 1985	R.K. Clements	UOS Polymnia laevigata
UOS01197	Van Buren	Tennessee	16 Sep 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Polymnia laevigata
ETSU012815	Johnson	Tennessee		14284	ETSU Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226484	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226498	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226496	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
TENN-V-0226495	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024011	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024013	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024015	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024009	Obion	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
UCHT028885	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Sep 1898	H. Eggert	UCHT Polymnia laevigata
UOS01190	Franklin	Tennessee	13 Oct 1994	George S. Ramseur	UOS Polymnia laevigata
31234100283009	Obion	Tennessee	24 Sep 1993	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Polymnia laevigata
N/A	Hickman	Kentucky		Landon E. McKinney	EKY Polymnia laevigata
APSC0060159	Hickman	Kentucky			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024005	Lauderdale	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
APSC0024008	Lauderdale	Tennessee			APSC Polymnia laevigata
HTTU034227		Tennessee			HTTU Polymnia laevigata
UCHT028883	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Polymnia laevigata

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Polymnia laevigata

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