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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Syngonanthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Distinguished from all other SEUS Eriocaulaceae by its flattened to even somewhat recurved (the leaf tips curving down into the ground at their tips) rosettes of quite narrow leaves, often with a bluish-green color. All of our other Eriocaulaceae have basal rosettes of leaves that are mostly ascending to spreading, and more of a yellowish-green to deep green (or sometimes stramineous) color. In flower, Syngonanthus has a more "chaffy" looking inflorescence, the bracts appearing dry. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Syngonanthus flavidulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Syngonanthus flavidulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-02-001:
Syngonanthus flavidulus FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syngonanthus flavidulus
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Hatpins, Bantam-buttons
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_flavidulus3
June Cumberland County NC
Heads yellowish-tan or gray, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_flavidulus3b
June Cumberland County NC
Scape pubescent with glandular hairs (or glandular and eglandular mixed), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_flavidulus4
June Cumberland County NC
Leaves bluish-green, narrowly linear til the abruptly flared base, stiff, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Syngonanthus flavidulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Syngonanthus flavidulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-02-001:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syngonanthus flavidulus
2538
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, borders of pineland ponds, and adjacent ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale yellowish
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p317
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p187
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p200
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p380
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