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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Balduina angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Balduina angustifolia
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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Balduina angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Balduina angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Balduina angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Actinospermum angustifolium
2416
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, and other dry, sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (it should be sought in southern SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p277
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p127
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p059
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