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2791

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in calcareous swamps, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: White/Lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p049

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arnoglossum diversifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum diversifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia diversifolia

COMMON NAME:
Variable-leaf Indian Plantain

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