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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bigelowia nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Bigelowia nudata var. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-50-001:
Chondrophora nudata FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chondrophora nudata
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Rayless-goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chnu6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bigelowia nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bigelowia nudata var. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-50-001:
Chondrophora nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chondrophora nudata
4678
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & a few stem leaves
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in flat corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p384
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p277
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p062
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p188
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