Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Ambrosia porcheri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
COMMON NAME:
Outcrop Ragweed
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9172
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9172b
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9172c
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9173
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9173b
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Terminal leaf lobe 1.0-2.0mm wide; fresh foliage abundantly viscid, w a floral jasmine-like odor, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Samantha Tessel sam071922_9173c
July Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Foliage with hairs to 0.3mm long (vs. A. artemisiifolia hairs to 1.8mm long), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm070920_009
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm070920_012
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow s070920_f
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow s070920_f2
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
2491
Forb
Annual
Native to South Carolina
Documented growing wild in - - SC
Rare, apparently endemic to the Piedmont Blue Ridge escarpment region of nw. SC
Look for it in shallow soil mats on granitic domes, 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: Dissected
Lower opposite, upper alternate ?
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Achene
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