Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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 (11/30/12):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
215
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in bottomlands, ditches, roadsides, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
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
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