Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Doll's Daisy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boltonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Boltonia caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic study of the genus Boltonia (Asteraceae) (Morgan, 1966)
Boltonia diffusa var. caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Doll's-daisy, Boltonia
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Alistair Glen gwn_boltoniacaroliniana
September Pender County NC
Growing Wild Nursery
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Alistair Glen gwn_boltoniacaroliniana2
September Pender County NC
Growing Wild Nursery
Ray florets 25-36, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-7.5mm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Boltonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Boltonia caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic study of the genus Boltonia (Asteraceae) (Morgan, 1966)
Boltonia diffusa var. caroliniana
215
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, ditches, roadsides, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & possibly Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p122
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p178