Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis ruthii
COMMON NAME:
Ruth's Goldenaster
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Alan Cressler alc_7538964838
July Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
The heads are small, with about 12 rays 3/8" [1cm] long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
Grass-leaved Golden-asters
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Alan Cressler alc_7538966622
July Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
The stems are leafy up to the flower heads, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Alan Cressler alc_7538968800
July Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
Leaves linear, 1-3" long, with silky hairs that give a silvery appearance, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Alan Cressler alc_20423680993
August Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
A low, much-branched plant growing on rocks along river gorges. Rare, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Alan Cressler alc_20857927899
August Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
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Alan Cressler alc_21034775182
August Polk County TN
Cherokee National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis ruthii
3394
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Flood-scoured rocks along rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Tennessee
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p308
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p357
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p196
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