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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helenium amarum var. amarum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium amarum var. amarum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-006:
Helenium amarum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Helenium tenuifolium
COMMON NAME:
Bitterweed, Yellow Sneezeweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hete14_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140617_097
June Greenville County SC
Stem leaves linear, 2-7cm long, 1-4mm wide, base not decurrent on stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1496
June SpartanburgCounty SC
Low much-branched plant with numerous linear, even threadlike, leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1501
June SpartanburgCounty SC
Ray flowers 5-10, reflexed, wedge-shaped, with 3 lobes at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1504
June SpartanburgCounty SC
The single stout stem is much-branched above, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1509
June SpartanburgCounty SC
Involucre one series of linear bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1511
June SpartanburgCounty SC
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JK Marlow jkm140803_287
August Greenville County SC
Furman University
You'd almost think this was a little pine with flowers glued on...
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Gill Newberry gn09_helenium_amarum
September
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JK Marlow jkm0309o_16
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
"Gives an abominable taste to the milk of cows," said Rafinesque in 1817
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JK Marlow jkm060928_049
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5711
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park