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Read more about Heliopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-58-001:
Heliopsis helianthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
False Sunflower, Eastern Oxeye, Eastern Sunflower-everlasting, Smooth Oxeye
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John B. Nelson jbn_3738019835_86dc5e51ca
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JK Marlow jkm100730_184
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Note developing ovary: In contrast to Helianthus, the rays are fertile.
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JK Marlow jkm100730_185
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100730_189
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100730_191
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves ovate, toothed, long-stalked, and all opposite, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100730_193
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaf underside is glabrous and a lustrous green.
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JK Marlow jkm160727_398
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160727_401
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_599
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_601
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flower heads about 2" wide, with a yellow conical disk and about 12 rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_606
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Bracts oblong, glabrous, cartilaginous w foliaceous, often spreading, apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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JK Marlow jkm120815_611
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Involucres hemispheric, 6-10mm long and 1-2.5cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_613b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The ray's 2-pronged style indicates a fertile rather than a neutral flower, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_618
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_624
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_628
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden