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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The genus Pityopsis has been split from Chrysopsis (the golden-asters) and from Heterotheca (camphorweeds) by the silky, silvery, appressed hairs on leaves and stems. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Nesom in Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (2019) subsumes this variety under a more broadly defined P. aspera, since he did not find a clear morphological or geographic separation between these varieties. We are tentatively maintaining the varieties, pending further field study, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca adenolepis
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-002:
Heterotheca adenolepis FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Heterotheca graminifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis graminifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN -
Heterotheca aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pityopsis adenolepis
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Silkgrass, Pineland Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6094
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250618_1134
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150822_833c
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Peduncle, upper stem, phyllaries densely glandular-hairy (stipitate-glandular), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Grass-leaved Golden-asters
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2673
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2676
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Outer to inner phyllaries triangular, usually coarsely stipitate-glandular, per Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019).
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JK Marlow s080914_a
August Greenville County SC
Field
Stem leaves strongly reduced upward, upper much smaller than middle, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120908_347
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5121
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Alan Cressler alc_6258745807
October Taylor County GA
Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area
Ray florets 6-10; disc florets 15-45, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_01
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Grasslike leaves with silky-silvery hairs on stems and leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm0510d_08
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm071028_025
October McCormick County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm081025_019b
October Greenville County SC
Field
Nutlet fusiform, pubescent. Pappus tan to cinnamon-colored, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081025_019c
October Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow s071021_cd
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Lower leaves less than 10mm wide. Basal leaves much longer than stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0668
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca adenolepis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-002:
Heterotheca adenolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Heterotheca graminifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis graminifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
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Heterotheca aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Pityopsis adenolepis
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry woodlands, forests, and disturbed places, apparently in the NC Mountains only in the Escarpment, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in NC Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown/Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p225?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p169
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p281
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p157
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p110?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p106
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p307?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p356
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