Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helianthus resinosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus resinosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-018:
Helianthus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Sunflower, Resinous Sunflower, Gray Sunflower, Resindot Sunflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0307l_35
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
May grow 3-6' tall, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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JK Marlow jkm0307l_37
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm060723_146
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Involucres 3-5cm broad; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Sunflowers
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JK Marlow jkm0408b_29
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_31
August Greenville County SC
Flowers have about 12 wide, overlapping, 1.5" rays & a disk up to 1" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120812_392
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120812_396
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Stems pubescent throughout, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120812_401402
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_623
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_628
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves tomentose beneath and velvety to the touch, or not, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130824_633
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_636
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Petioles obscured by decurrent leaf blade, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_746
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm160816_532
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0509e_29b
September Greenville County SC
Phyllaries attenuate, conspicuously exceeding disc in length, reflexed, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210914_3698
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210914_3699
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210914_3700
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210919_3747
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210919_3748b
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050911_ef
September Greenville County SC
Ovate or lance-ovate blade with a broadly winged, gradually narrowed petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s070930_ab
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Two lower veins prominent and parallel to the midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helianthus resinosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus resinosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-018:
Helianthus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
654
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in woodlands, thickets, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Lower opposite, upper usually alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p200
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p192
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p224