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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-41-001:
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Black Snakeroot, Dense-spike Blackroot, Wingstem
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JK Marlow jkm0505s_09
May Williamsburg County SC
Leaf bases decurrent down the stem, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm090516_220
May Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Stems & leaf undersurfaces creamy-white floccose-tomentose, per Weakley's Flora.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_pycnostachyum_5
July
Heads in oblong, terminal spikes, per Weakley's Flora.