Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
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JK Marlow jkm160415_068069
April Turner County GA
Leaves w tufts of white woolly hairs above, densely matted white hairs below, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_070
April Turner County GA
Flower heads grow singly, nodding at first, eventually erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_079
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_121
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_16
May Williamsburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
308
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Rays: White above, Pink below
Disc: Cream
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Grayish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p258
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p198
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p173
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p189
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p252
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p164