Gundlachia corymbosa (Urb.) Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Nearly glabrous, viscid above, bushy-branched, 6-12 dm. high. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 cm. long, 5-20 mm. wide, fleshy, obtuse and rounded at the apex, or emarginate or mucronulate, narrowed at the base, short-petioled, the midvein rather prominent, the lateral veins few and obscure; corymbs dense, convex, 3-10 cm. broad; heads short-peduncled; involucre about 5 mm. high, its bracts acute or aeutish, the outer ovate, the inner linear lanceolate; rays spreading, 4-5 mm. long.
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Distribution
Sand-dunes, scrub-lands, pine-lands and borders of saline marshes. Andros, Eleuthera to Acklin's, Grand Turk and Inagua : Puerto Rico ; Anegada ; Saba ; Barbuda ; Desirade : Montserrat ; Curasao ; Aruba. Horse-bush. Broom-bush. Soldiers - Bush.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Puerto Rico South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Saba South America| Antigua and Barbuda South America| Guadeloupe South America| Montserrat South America| Curaçao South America| Aruba South America|