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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Dasistoma macrophylla
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SCROPHULARIALES
 FAMILY:   SCROPHULARIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Dasistoma macrophylla
 AUTHORITY:  (Nutt.) Raf.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    MULLEIN FOXGLOVE
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Seymeria macrophylla Nutt.
 
 PLANTS CODE: DAMA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD
   DEKALB          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDWARDS         GALLATIN
   GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON
   JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JOHNSON         KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         LAWRENCE        LIVINGSTON      LOGAN
   MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MASON
   MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          MORGAN          PEORIA
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         PUTNAM
   RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SANGAMON        SCOTT           STARK           TAZEWELL        UNION
   VERMILION       WABASH          WASHINGTON      WILL            WINNEBAGO
   WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Upper leaves are reduced to lanceolate and entire.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed on rocky slopes; where limestone is near the surface;
     wood borders.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Dasistoma macrophylla
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015