Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polymnia laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polymnia laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polymnia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Polymnia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polymnia laevigata
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Leafcup
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JK Marlow jkm110416_796
April Etowah County AL
Seedling.
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JK Marlow jkm110416_803
April Etowah County AL
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April Etowah County AL
Lower leaves to 12" long, deeply cut & lobed, hairless except on the veins, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polymnia laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polymnia laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polymnia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Polymnia laevigata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polymnia laevigata
3444
Forb
Perennial/Annual
Habitat: Bouldery slopes, coquina outcrops and rubble (in FL), per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Lower opposite, upper opposite or alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellowish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p285
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p317
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p367
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