Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crassocephalum crepidioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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The ability of each plant to produce up to 29 flowers, and each flower sending off approximately 150 wind-blown seeds, makes this plant difficult to control and highly invasive. Read more at NC State Extension.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crassocephalum crepidioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Redflower Ragleaf, Thickhead
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Keith Bradley kab_062409ccrepidioides
June Miami-Dade County FL
Redlands
The reddish-orange to reddish-pink cylindrical flower heads droop downward as if water stressed, per Biology and Management of Thickhead (Crassocephalum crepidioides) in Ornamental Crop Production (Bechtloff et al., 2019).
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Keith Bradley kab_062409ccrepidioidesb
June Miami-Dade County FL
Redlands
Phyllaries uniseriate, linear-lanceolate, equal, margin narrowly scarious, apically puberulent, per Flora of China.
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Keith Bradley kab_062409ccrepidioidesc
June Miami-Dade County FL
Redlands
Upper stems ribbed with short, thick hairs; lower plant smooth and without hairs, per Biology and Management of Thickhead (Crassocephalum crepidioides) in Ornamental Crop Production (Bechtloff et al., 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crassocephalum crepidioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crassocephalum crepidioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
4507
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Pine rocklands, rockland hammocks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Africa
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate or opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Red
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".