Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA, uncommon in NC-SC, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it in wet pine savannas and pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Achene

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Balduina uniflora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Balduina uniflora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-68-001:
 Balduina uniflora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Endorima uniflora

 

COMMON NAME:
 Savanna Honeycomb-head, Yellow Balduina

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image of Balduina uniflora, Savanna Honeycomb-head, Yellow Balduina

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_enun_001_lvd

        

image of Balduina uniflora, Savanna Honeycomb-head, Yellow Balduina

Alistair Glen    gwn_balduinauniflora

September    Pender County    NC

Resembles Helenium vernale but receptacle bracts persistent, honeycomb-like, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.