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Read more about Great Indian Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arnoglossum reniforme
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum reniforme
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arnoglossum muehlenbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-003:
Cacalia muhlenbergii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Mesadenia reniformis
COMMON NAME:
Great Indian Plantain
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JK Marlow jkm120330_290
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Green grooved [ribbed] stems (vs. C. atriplicifolia's glaucous round stems), per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm120330_299
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves palmately veined, reniform, shallowly lobed, dentate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0507o_27
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
The very large, reniform leaves are conspicuous in rich cove forests, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm0507o_34
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Heads 5-flowered. Involucres cylindric, 7-10mm long, 3-4mm broad, bracts 5, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090707_087
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves green beneath [vs. glaucous in A. atriplicifolium], per Weakley's Flora (2015).