Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trilisa paniculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Deer's-tongue at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trpa7_001_lvd
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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.
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Will Stuart wil_t_paniculata_1050
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
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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).
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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
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JK Marlow jkm081009_001
October Dorchester County SC
Stem leaves 30 or more, not to slightly clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_004
October Dorchester County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081009_010
October Dorchester County SC
Leaves reminiscent of T. odoratissima, but narrower, per Weakley's Flora.
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__
2746
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: pine savannas and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Lavender/Deep pink
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p042
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p387
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p172
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p109
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p257
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p201