Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-32-001:
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Chaffhead, Carphephorus, Sandywoods Chaffhead
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Keith Bradley kab_c_bellidifolius_2565
September Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Showy heads near branch tips, each with several tubular disk flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_bellidifolius_2569
September Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Corymb usually 1/3 or more the length of the stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_116
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_119
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Phyllaries broadly elliptic to elliptic-obovate, glabrous, apices rounded, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_120
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Heads in open, loose, usually corymbiform, sometimes paniculiform, arrays, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_121
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_122
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_124
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Inflorescence about as broad as long, much-branched, with many heads, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_776
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Basal & proximal cauline lvs usually oblanceolate; cauline gradually reduced, per Flora of North America.
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Will Stuart wil_2936035015_a61f9436de
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
These late season asters are butterfly magnets! Buckeye (Junonia coenia). — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_8444436577_cef98091e2
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Individual plants bloom for long periods and would make good garden subjects, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-32-001:
Carphephorus bellidifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3046
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, rarely in other xeric sandy forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Lavender/Pink
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p041
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p230
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p381
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p112