Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Confederate Daisy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helianthus porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viguiera porteri
COMMON NAME:
Confederate Daisy
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_helianthus_porteri
August
Ray florets 7-8. Disc florets with yellow lobes. Anthers and appendages dark, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus porteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viguiera porteri
3727
Forb
Annual
Habitat: In shallow soils over granite on low-elevation granite domes or flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia (introduced in NC)
Uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare elsewhere
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, or the lower opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
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) p111
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p280
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p123
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p088
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