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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysogonum australe   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe

SYNONYMOUS WITH Chrysogonum (Asteraceae) revisited again (Nesom, 2020)

Chrysogonum australe

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-56-001b?:

Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chrysogonum australe

 

COMMON NAME:
Gulf Coast Green-and-gold


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image of Chrysogonum australe, Gulf Coast Green-and-gold

Chuck Hubbuch    chk_081723_0852

August    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

Both earliest and late flowering stems leafless; longest stolon internodes 12-60cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysogonum australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe

SYNONYMOUS WITH Chrysogonum (Asteraceae) revisited again (Nesom, 2020)
Chrysogonum australe

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-56-001b?:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysogonum australe

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4663

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants stoloniferous, stolons usually above ground

FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 5(6) ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring
Black/Brown
Achene

 

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