Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Flaveria bidentis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Flaveria bidentis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Flaveria bidentis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Flaveria bidentis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Flaveria bidentis
COMMON NAME:
coastal plain yellowtops
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Keith Bradley kab_f_bidentis_9280
July Miami-Dade County FL
Heads 20-100+ in tight subglomerules in scorpioid, cymiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Flaveria bidentis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Flaveria bidentis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Flaveria bidentis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Flaveria bidentis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Flaveria bidentis
3930
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Lower leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: 0 or 1, whitish or pale yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate
Flower heads in terminal, somewhat scorpioid arrays
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
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