Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arnoglossum reniforme
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Great Indian Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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, 1938)
Mesadenia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Arnoglossum muhlenbergii
COMMON NAME:
Great Indian Plantain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mere5_001_lvd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120330_299
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves palmately veined, reniform, shallowly lobed, dentate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cacmuh3
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cacmuh4
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_34
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm090707_087
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leaves green beneath [vs. glaucous in A. atriplicifolium], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cacmuh2
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cacmuh5
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Arnoglossum reniforme
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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, 1938)
Mesadenia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Arnoglossum muhlenbergii
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC & GA Mountains, rare in SC
Look for it in cove forests, floodplains, other mesic forests, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p420
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p183
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p280
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p329
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p183