Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Actinospermum angustifolium
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Honeycomb-head, Sandhill Balduina
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Keith Bradley kab_b_angustifolia_77912
September Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
Resembles Helenium amarum, but narrower rays, fewer leaves, less branched, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_b_angustifolia_77932
September Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbangustifolia_lor
November
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Actinospermum angustifolium
2416
Forb
Annual
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Common in GA Coastal Plain (an endemic). It should be sought in SC
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, and other dry, sandy soils, 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
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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