Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron vernus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Whitetop Fleabane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron vernus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Erigeron vernus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-006:
Erigeron vernus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron vernus
COMMON NAME:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erve_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmevernus_halfway
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowering stem almost leafless, basal leaves fleshy & 2-8cm long, 0.6-3cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmevernus_1
Month Unknown
Flower heads with 20-30 white (rarely lavender) ray flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron vernus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron vernus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron vernus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-006:
Erigeron vernus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron vernus
2433
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepages, interdunal swales, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 20-30 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Reddish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p199
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p115
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p076
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p164
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