Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Deer's-tongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trilisa paniculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus paniculatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carphephorus paniculatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-31-002:
Trilisa paniculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead
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Will Stuart wil_t_paniculata_1048
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
An open savanna in mid-September after a spring burn.
Will Stuart wil_t_paniculata_1399
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Capitulescence a cylindrical thrysoid panicle [here w Palamedes Swallowtail], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Will Stuart wil_t_paniculata_720
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Stems of T. paniculata are densely pubescent; T. odoratissima's are glabrous. Will Stuart
JK Marlow jkm081009_001
October Dorchester County SC
Stem leaves 30 or more, not to slightly clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm081009_010
October Dorchester County SC
Leaves reminiscent of T. odoratissima, but narrower, per Weakley's Flora.