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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chrysopsis mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-006:
Heterotheca mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis mariana
COMMON NAME:
Maryland Goldenaster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chma14_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3776
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3777
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm060928_053
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm060928_056
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm120908_430
September Greenville County SC
Woolly-hairy when young, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm180914_4746
September Greenville County SC
Bracts stipitate-glandular (as are the peduncles), appressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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JK Marlow jkm180921_4857
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3385
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Basal leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate, bases attenuate, ...
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3388
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
... margins obscurely dentate apically or entire, apices acute to obtuse, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9831
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_mariana_maryland
September
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Ron Lance rwl_pityopsis_mariana
September? Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm061029_122b
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Upper stem leaves either arachnoid [cobwebby] to glabrate, or woolly, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_011
October Dorchester County SC
An erect perennial to 80cm, loosely woolly-hairy when young, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm121004_245
October Greenville County SC
Leaves lanceolate & finely-toothed, the lower ones larger & pinnately veined, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm211002_4025
October Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_chrysopsis_mariana
October
Rays yellow, 12-25, 1-2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_01
November Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm091107_018
November Greenwood County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0455b
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0455c
November Greenville County SC
Nutlets reddish to brown, pubescent, 2-2.9mm long; pappus tan, 6-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0457b
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0457c
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0458
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s031116_b
November Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Bill Stringer wcs665_a
November?
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chrysopsis mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-006:
Heterotheca mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis mariana
665
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dry forests and woodlands, roadsides, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p226
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p030
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p169
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p136
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p366
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p278
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p171
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p109
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p307
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p357
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p196
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p059