Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis ruthii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Heterotheca ruthii
COMMON NAME:
Ruth's Golden-aster
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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