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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Echinacea laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-62-002:
Echinacea laevigata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Purple Coneflower, Smooth Coneflower
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JK Marlow jkm120525_444
May Oconee County SC
Involucral bracts obscurely in 2 series, acute to acuminate, reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_487
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120525_491
May Oconee County SC
Leaves lance-ovate to elliptic, glabrous & smooth, base cuneate to attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tim Spira tpselaevigata2
May
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Tim Spira tpselaevigata6
May
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JK Marlow jkm0406j_37
June Oconee County SC
The disc at first flat, becoming obconic [cone-shaped] in age, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0406k_07
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0506j_01
June Oconee County SC
Flower heads solitary & terminal; ray flowers drooping; disc flowers purple, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0506j_08
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow s050716_a
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0410p_12
October Oconee County SC
The seed platform is conical and has sharp black spines, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmelaevigata_br5
Month Unknown