Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croptilon divaricatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Scratch-daisy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croptilon divaricatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Croptilon divaricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Croptilon divaricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-48-001:
Haplopappus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isopappus divaricatus
COMMON NAME:
Scratch-daisy, Goldenweed, Slender Scratch-daisy
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
JK Marlow jkm081009_140
October Dorchester County SC
)
JK Marlow jkm081009_141
October Dorchester County SC
)
JK Marlow jkm081009_144
October Dorchester County SC
Involucres cylindric to turbinate, 4-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croptilon divaricatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croptilon divaricatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Croptilon divaricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Croptilon divaricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-48-001:
Haplopappus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isopappus divaricatus
2749
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Sandy or otherwise dry soils of fields, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, and sand pine woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p171
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p046
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p283
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p072
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p324
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".