Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ratibida pinnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ratibida pinnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ratibida pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Ratibida pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ratibida pinnata
COMMON NAME:
Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rapi_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_pinnata_grey_21
June
Large flowers with drooping yellow rays around elongated grayish cones, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_pinnata_jeff_3
June Floyd County GA
Plants 3-5' tall, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ratibida_pinnata_c
June
Cones turn brown as the flowers age, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ratibida pinnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ratibida pinnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ratibida pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Ratibida pinnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ratibida pinnata
2805
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairie-like glades and oak savannas over gabbro (usually in Iredell soils) or calcareous rocks, cedar glades, calcareous (black belt or chalk) prairies, disturbed areas (often planted in 'wildflower mixes' and naturalized from cultivation), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)
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LEAVES:
Simple: pinnatifid to pinnately divided into 3-7 segments
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Grayish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p163
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p262
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p374
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p122
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p110
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p319
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p369
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p190
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