1150

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare south and west of VA

Look for it in forests, especially over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/ Pinkish
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p384
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p173

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Nabalus albus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes alba   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-002a:
Prenanthes alba ssp. alba   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nabalus albus