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Common Name:
Spiny Cocklebur
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acanthoxanthium spinosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Xanthium strumarium
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Common Name:
Common Cocklebur
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Xanthium strumarium
Female flowers enclosed by the involucre, forming a bur w hooked bristles, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Yellowtop
10-15 showy ray flowers, 0.2-0.4" long, surround 0.25" disk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Packera millefolia
Ray florets 8-10(-13); disc florets 35-50 or more, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
8-15 ray flowers, 0.2-0.3" long, surround a disk 0.2-0.3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Woolly Ragwort
Ray florets 10 or 13; disc florets 50-60 or more, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Balsam Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel
Heads few, generally 5-20, per Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Packera paupercula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Senecio crawfordii
Common Name:
Appalachian Ragwort
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO OUR MATERIAL)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Senecio plattensis
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Common Name:
Buck Creek Ragwort, Serpentine Ragwort
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO OUR MATERIAL) (?)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Senecio plattensis
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) (?)
Packera paupercula var. appalachiana
Ray florets 9-11, lemon yellow. Disc florets 18-20, lemon yellow, per Packera serpenticola, a New Species from North Carolina (Boufford et al., 2014).
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Common Name:
Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel, Schweinitz's Ragwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Segregates of Senecio & Cacalia in the flora of North America... (Barkley, 1999)
Packera schweinitzianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio schweinitzianus
Heads 8-20+ in loose, corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort
10-12 ray flowers, 0.25-0.5" long. Disk 0.2-0.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
8-10 irregularly spaced ray flowers. Disk yellow, 0.3-.6" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Jacobaea vulgaris
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Common Name:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica
A branched inflorescence has up to about 30 flower heads, each w 10-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
Flower heads grow singly, nodding at first, eventually erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Common Name:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia
Ray flowers 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5cm long, lobes 5-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Centaurea monctonii
(?)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri
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Common Name:
Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Centaurea transalpina
Outer flowers of the heads larger than others, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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Common Name:
Robin's Plantain
Usually 2-5 flower heads with 50-100 ray flowers terminating a hairy stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Philadelphia-daisy, Common Fleabane
Heads 0.5-1.0" across, numerous, each w usually more than 150 ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Southern Fleabane, Oakleaf Fleabane
Similar to E. philadelphicus, but usualy shorter. Rays 100-150, only 3-5mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Annual Fleabane
Flower heads 1/2 to 3/4" wide with 50 or many more white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
Flower heads several to many, each 1/2" wide or less, with 50-100 rays, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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Common Name:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane
Flower heads with 20-30 white (rarely lavender) ray flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptilon bonariense
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptilon linifolium
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Common Name:
Common Horseweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Erigeron canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptilon canadense
The involucre is 1/8" high, and the whitish rays are narrow, short and erect, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Southern Horseweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Conyza canadensis var. pusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Erigeron pusillus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptilon pusillum
The involucre is 1/8" high, and the whitish rays are narrow, short and erect, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Carolina Doll's Daisy, Boltonia
Ray florets 25-36, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-7.5mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Southern Doll's Daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy
Ray florets 20-40, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-6.3mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Eastern Doll's Daisy, White Doll's Daisy, False Aster, Boltonia
Ray florets 20-60; corollas white to lilac, laminae 5-13mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Eastern Western-daisy, Entireleaf Western-daisy
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Astranthium integrifolium var. integrifolium
Flower heads from 0.7-1.4" wide, with 8-30 white rays tinged with lavender, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Toothed Whitetop Aster
The so-called White-topped Asters have about 5 rays and creamy-white disks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster
Ray flowers white to pink, 3-6, narrow, 0.2-0.4" long; disk flowers cream, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster, Dixie Whitetop Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sericocarpus bifoliatus
Bracts at base of flowerheads distinctly green-tipped; 2-5 white ray flowers, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Common Name:
Piedmont Aster, Bouquet Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster mirabilis
Rays 12-20, bluish-lavender to white, 1.5-2cm long; disc flowers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster
Rays 12-20, white to lavender, 1.5-2cm long; disc flowers yellow to red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
White Wood-aster, Woodland Aster, Common White Heart-leaved Aster
The inflorescence is corymbiform; flowers have 5-10 white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge White Heart-leaved Aster, Mountain Wood-aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster chlorolepis
Rays white, usually 10 or more, 1.5-2cm long, disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster cordifolius
Ray florets (8)10-16(20). Disc florets cream or light yellow becoming purple, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Smooth Heartleaf Aster, Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster, Lowrie's Aster
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster lowrieanus
Flower heads in ~ densely paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster
(?)
Review of the taxonomy of Aster... emphasizing New World species (Nesom, 1994)
Symphyotrichum sagittifolium
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Common Name:
Wavyleaf Aster
Loose panicles of blue to violet flowers, rays 12-20. — Ron Lance
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Common Name:
Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. patens
The 1" heads have ~ 20 blue or violet rays & yellow or reddish disk flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Georgia Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster georgianus
Disc florets white w purplish lobes. Anthers purplish, pollen white, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster patens var. phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster phlogifolius
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Common Name:
Whorled Wood Aster, Floral Wood Aster, Whorled Aster, Whorled Nodding-aster
Flower heads in an open corymb, with ~ 15 white rays & a yellow or red disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Creeping Aster
Flowers in a corymbiform cluster, each with 15-30 violet rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Savannah Grass-leaved Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
Ray flowers 15-35, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Slender Aster
Ray florets (5)8-14; corollas blue-violet to rose-purple or bluish, often pale, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Eastern Aromatic Aster, Shale-barren Aster
Rays 14-30, blue to violet, 1.5-2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
New England Aster
Well over 50 ray flowers in each 1-2" head; their color is intense, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Big-headed Aster, Rough Aster, Large-headed Aster, Largeflower Aster
A many-headed panicle with numerous small bracteal leaves. Heads w 20-30 rays, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Walter's Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster walteri
Rays 11-26, corollas bluish-purple. Corollas of disc florets yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Purplestem Aster, Swamp Aster
Numerous light blue or lavender rays; disk flowers pale yellow or red, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Elliott's Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
Similar to S. puniceum but that has auriculate leaf bases, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Crooked-stem Aster, Zigzag Aster