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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Heterotheca subaxillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heterotheca subaxillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Heterotheca subaxillaris var. latifolia
INCLUDING
Miscellaneous nomenclatural changes in Astereae (Asteraceae) (Semple, 2004)
Heterotheca subaxillaris ssp. latifolia
INCLUDING
Miscellaneous nomenclatural changes in Astereae (Asteraceae) (Semple, 2004)
Heterotheca subaxillaris ssp. subaxillaris
INCLUDING
A revision of Heterotheca sect. Phyllotheca (Compositae: Astereae): the prairie and montane goldenasters of North America (Semple, 1996)
Heterotheca latifolia var. latifolia
INCLUDING
A revision of Heterotheca sect. Phyllotheca (Compositae: Astereae): the prairie and montane goldenasters of North America (Semple, 1996)
Heterotheca subaxillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-010:
Heterotheca subaxillaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Revision of Heterotheca, section Heterotheca (Compositae) (Wagenknecht, 1960)
Heterotheca subaxillaris var. subaxillaris
COMMON NAME:
Camphorweed
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Glen Peterson gkp9396_hlatifoliacut
August Spartanburg County SC
Pappus bristles capillary (that is, hairlike, very slender), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Glen Peterson gkp9398_hlatifoliaflowers
August Spartanburg County SC
Nutlets of rays essentially without pappus, those of disc flowers with pappus, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0309p_33
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Plants glandular and sticky, with a camphorlike odor when crushed, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm060929_019
September Greenville County SC
It seems best to treat the complex as a single polymorphic species, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm110917_390
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Ray florets 15-35; laminae 3-7(9) × 1-2mm. Disc florets 25-60, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm200920_7340
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Plants erect or decumbent, to 2m tall, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
JK Marlow s050902_a
September Greenville County SC
Upper leaves sessile, base rounded to clasping, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow s050902_a2
September Greenville County SC
Leaves green or slightly grayish, scabrous, also w spreading to curved hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow s050902_a3
September Greenville County SC
Involucres hemispheric; bracts linear, appressed, stipitate-glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
JK Marlow jkm061001_026
October Greenville County SC
Disc flower nutlets pubescent w tan pappus; ray nutlets glabrous w no pappus, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm061001_033
October Greenville County SC
Heads numerous, in corymbs, often diffuse and appearing paniculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm181110_5743
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
From TX to NC, outer Coastal Plain plants usually have a cluster of coarse ...
JK Marlow jkm181110_5745
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
... hairs near tip of phyllaries, at least in summer & fall-blooming plants, per Flora of North America.