OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (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, 1938)

Mesadenia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Arnoglossum muhlenbergii

 

COMMON NAME:
Great Indian Plantain


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image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mere5_001_lvd

        

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

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 (Carman, 2005).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

JK Marlow    jkm120330_299

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves palmately veined, reniform, shallowly lobed, dentate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Heads to 1/4" wide with 5 tubular disk florets, each with 5 tightly curled corolla lobes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh3

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh4

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

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.

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_34

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

JK Marlow    jkm090707_087

July    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves green beneath [vs. glaucous in A. atriplicifolium], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh2

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian Plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh5

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (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, 1938)
Mesadenia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Arnoglossum muhlenbergii

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: cove forests, floodplains, other mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene

 

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