Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Arnoglossum ovatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia ovata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia elliottii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia maxima
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Indian Plantain, Ovateleaf Indian Plantain, Ovateleaf Cacalia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnoglossum ovatum var. ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arnoglossum ovatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia ovata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia elliottii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia maxima
3175
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, bay forests, moist or wet forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p116
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p049
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p177
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