ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Anoda cristata CLASS: DICOTYLEDENAE ORDER: MALVALES FAMILY: MALVACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Anoda cristata AUTHORITY: (L.) Schlecht. COMMON NAMES: CRESTED ANODA SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: ANCR2 NATURAL COMMUNITIES: CULTURAL DEVELOPED LAND SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: NO NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: HANCOCK MASSAC GROWTH FORM: Dicot-herb TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: ROOTS: Primary LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate LEAF TYPE: Simple LEAF MARGIN: Crenate Lobed (palmately) LEAF VENATION: Palmate LEAF SHAPE: Ovate Deltoid Hastate INFLORESCENCE: Solitary- few FLOWER MEROUS: 5 FLOWER STRUCTURE: Complete Regular FLOWER COLOR: Blue Violet FLOWER PLACEMENT: Hypogynous FRUIT: SCHIZOCARP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ORIGIN: Introduced- N. America GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS: Species is native to southwestern U.S. POPULATION DYNAMICS: STATE STATUS: Not listed FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed COMMONNESS: Rare ENDEMIC: NOT-ENDEMIC BIOLOGIC: HABIT: Forb LIFE CYCLE: Annual REPRODUCTION: Sexual FLOWERING PERIOD: MONTH BEGINNING- 8 MONTH END- 10 TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic C02 FIXATION: C3 SEX: Perfect ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS: Species is distributed on waste ground; roadsides. ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA: SHOWY FLOWERS: YES AMOUNT: Medium LANDSCAPING: YES WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION: No data entered REVEGETATION PLANTINGS: WEEDINESS: COLONIZING 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. Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1967-continuing. The illustrated flora of Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. Downton, W. J. S. 1975. The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants. Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105. END OF DATA FOR SPECIES Anoda cristata ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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