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Read more about Woodland Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-011:
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Sunflower, Spreading Sunflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hedi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120506_678
May Oconee County SC
Its widely spreading leaves are commonly at right angles to the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0406n_03
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Flower heads composed of a 1/2" disk of tubular yellow flowers & 8-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0406n_08
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
The leaves were stiff and rough to the touch.
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_33
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow s040629_a
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Opposite, virtually sessile leaves with abruptly rounded bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow s040629_b
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Leaves do not clasp & taper gradually to a long tip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Bill Stringer wcshelianthus_divaricatu
July
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JK Marlow jkm0408k_09
August Oconee County SC
Leaves sessile, the 2 lateral veins diverging from midrib at very base of leaf, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Hairy Sunflower and Woodland Sunflower
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0385
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway