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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carphephorus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Trilisa paniculata is similar, but its inflorescence has very short branches and appears spike-like as opposed to a more flat-topped or rounded inflorescence in Carphephorus. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The specific epithet is somewhat misleading; C. tomentosus is highly variable in its pubescence, ranging from glabrate to densely hirsute, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Carphephorus tomentosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-32-002:
Carphephorus tomentosus FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carphephorus tomentosus
COMMON NAME:
Sticky Chaffhead, Woolly Chaffhead, Carolina Chaffhead
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_tomentosus3
September Onslow County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_tomentosus4
September Onslow County NC
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Will Stuart wil_tomentosus220925_3402
September Craven NC
Croatan National Forest
Flower heads are 12mm wide with acute, appressed, sticky-glandular bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_tomentosus220925_3406
September Craven NC
Croatan National Forest
Stem conspicuously spreading hirsute, at least on the lower part of the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Will Stuart wil_c_tomento_221015_0334
October Brunswick County NC
Juniper Creek Game Lands
Stem leaves are rapidly reduced upward; most are without stalks and pressed against the stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_c_tomento_221015_0338
October Brunswick County NC
Juniper Creek Game Lands
The infloresence is composed of 3-many ascending branches, each with 1 head, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_c_tomento_221015_0349
October Brunswick County NC
Juniper Creek Game Lands
Flower heads with 15-20 rosy-pink, 5-lobed, tubular disk florets (no rays) & protruding stamens, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carphephorus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Carphephorus tomentosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-32-002:
Carphephorus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carphephorus tomentosus
3047
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish, rose-purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p041
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p230
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p307
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p385
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p381
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p109
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p065
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p201
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