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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trilisa odoratissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus odoratissimus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carphephorus odoratissimus var. odoratissimus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-31-001:
Trilisa odoratissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Vanilla-leaf, Deer's-tongue, Pineland Purple
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trod_001_lvd
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Alistair Glen gwn_carphephorusodorati2
August Pender County NC
Trilisa has smaller heads, and fewer phyllaries per head, than Carphephorus, per Weakley's Flora.
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Alistair Glen gwn_carphephorusodorati3
August Pender County NC
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Alistair Glen gwn_carphephorusodoratis
August Pender County NC
Plants have a strong odor of coumarin or vanilla, per Flora of North America.
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Will Stuart wil_t_odoratissima_657
September New Hanover County NC
Stanley Rehder Carnvorous Plant Garden
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Will Stuart wil_t_odoratissima_663
September New Hanover County NC
Stanley Rehder Carnvorous Plant Garden
Capitulescence corymbose, lateral branches equally or overtopping central ones, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_t_odoratissima_667
September New Hanover County NC
Stanley Rehder Carnvorous Plant Garden
Stem leaves ovate to elliptic, half-clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_t_odoratissima_836
September New Hanover County NC
Stanley Rehder Carnvorous Plant Garden
Midstem leaves broadly elliptic, margins often shallowly dentate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_090
October Dorchester County SC
Has the largest leaves of our species of Carphephorus and Trilisa, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s081009_a
October Dorchester County SC
Basal leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, obtuse, base attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.