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Common Name:
Chicory, Blue Sailors, Succory
Ray flowers have 5 teeth at their tip; disk flowers are absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Common Name:
Nipplewort
Common Name:
Rattlesnake-root
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Common Name:
Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus virgatus
Inflorescences narrow and elongate (virgate); flowers pink to purple, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
White Lettuce, Northern Rattlesnake-root
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus albus
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Common Name:
Gall-of-the-earth
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus trifoliatus
Involucre smooth with 7-9 principal bracts and 9-13 ray flowers per head, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Roan Rattlesnake-root, Appalachian Rattlesnake-root
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus roanensis
Inflorescence thyrsoid, the branches very short. Phyllary tips usually black, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Tall White Lettuce, Tall Rattlesnake-root
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus altissimus
Usually 5 florets in each head, subtended by 5 smooth principal bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Lion's-foot, Gall-of-the-Earth
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus serpentarius
Inner bracts minutely bristly, outer narrowly lanceolate. Rays yellow-white, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Barbed Rattlesnake-root, Flatwoods Rattlesnake-root
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus integrifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Prenanthes serpentaria var. barbata
Phyllaries densely setose [covered with bristles], per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Prickly Lettuce
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lactuca serriola var. integrata
Heads are ligulate (having only ray flowers), small, and yellow-flowered, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Willowleaf Lettuce
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Common Name:
American Wild Lettuce
Many pale to deep yellow flowers in each head, but involucres < 1/2" high, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Downy Lettuce
Common Name:
Coastal Plain Lettuce, Slender Wild Lettuce
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Common Name:
Tall Blue Lettuce
Flowers typically blue, but yellow in one form. Panicle branches short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Woodland Lettuce
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Lactuca floridana var. villosa
Fewer ray flowers than L. biennis (11-17 per head), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Field Sow-thistle, Perennial Sow-thistle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sonchus uliginosus
Heads 30-50mm across in flower. Phyllaries and peduncles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sonchus arvensis
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Common Name:
Prickly Sow-thistle, Spiny-leaf Sow-thistle
Rays light yellow, 1.5-2.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Annual Sow-thistle, Common Sow-thistle
Flower heads average about 3/4" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Hieracium/ Pilosella spp.
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Common Name:
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam &Greuter 2007)
Pilosella officinarum
Rarely more than one flower head per scape. Rays light yellow and 5-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hieracium flagellare
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Common Name:
Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush, Orange King-devil
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam &Greuter 2007)
Pilosella aurantiaca
Several brilliant red-orange flower heads in a compact cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Field Hawkweed, Yellow King-devil
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam &Greuter 2007)
Pilosella caespitosa
There are several heads in a compact inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Smooth Hawkweed, Glaucous King-devil
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam &Greuter 2007)
Pilosella piloselloides
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Hieracium praealtum var. decipiens
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Common Name:
Rattlesnake Weed, Veiny Hawkweed, Rattlesnake Hawkweed
GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Hieracium venosum +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hieracium venosum
Rays golden-yellow, 5-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Panicled Hawkweed, Leafy Hawkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hieracium paniculatum
The flowers heads are small (1/2" wide or less), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Maryland Hawkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hieracium marianum
Considered to derive from hybridization between H. gronovii and H. venosum, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Hairy Hawkweed, Beaked Hawkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hieracium gronovii
Hieracium has only ray flowers (no disk flowers), and the rays are 5-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hieracium scabrum
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Common Name:
Asiatic Hawksbeard, Youngia, Japanese Crepis, Oriental Hawksbeard
Flower heads are small and composed of 10-20 ray flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crepis capillaris
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Common Name:
Spotted Cat's-ear, Cat's Ear Dandelion
Ray flowers yellow and numerous; disk flowers absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Vegetable Oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard
Ray flowers pale yellow; heads solitary on erect stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Orange Dwarf-dandelion, Two-flowered Dwarf-dandelion, Two-flowered Cynthia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynthia virginica
Ray flowers orangish-yellow and numerous. Disk flowers absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Mountain Dwarf-dandelion, Mountain Cynthia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynthia montana
Flower heads bright yellow, solitary on leafless stalk (disc flowers absent), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Colonial Dwarf-dandelion, Potato Dandelion
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynthia dandelion
The 4-20" tall scape has a terminal, solitary flower head from 1.2-1.8" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion
Flower heads 1-2" wide, solitary, consisting of ray flowers only, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Opposite-leaf Dwarf-dandelion
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Krigia cespitosa var. cespitosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Serinia oppositifolia
Compact flower heads are borne singly at the end of short axillary stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Carolina False Dandelion
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. georgianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sitilias caroliniana
Ray flowers pale yellow, numerous; disk flowers absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Red-seeded Dandelion
GREATER THAN & LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leontodon erythrospermum
Disc flowers absent. Ray flowers yellow and bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Dandelion
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leontodon taraxacum
Disc flowers absent. Ray flowers yellow and bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lygodesmia aphylla
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