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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
NC's most robust silkgrass, with basal leaves 6-12" long and 10-20mm wide. Note the lack of stalked glands on upper stem and inflorescence branches. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Pityopsis nervosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-003a:
Heterotheca nervosa var. nervosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Heterotheca correllii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis graminifolia
COMMON NAME:
Common Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster
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JK Marlow jkm120623_205
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Lower leaves up to 20mm wide. Basal leaves much longer than stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_490
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_05
August Oconee County SC
A dense cover of silky appressed hairs moderates its surface temperature, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm0508f_17
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Involucres 8-12mm high, per Weakley's Flora.
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Alan Cressler alc_3921207478
September Rabun County GA
Tallulah Gorge State Park
Ray florets 10-16; disc florets more than 30, per Weakley's Flora.
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Tim Spira tpspgraminifolia2
September
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JK Marlow jkm0510f_03b
October Pickens County SC
Fruit a reddish-brown achene topped with bristles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm0510f_08b
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081019_005
October Oconee County SC
Bad Creek
Plants spread vegetatively by underground stems (rhizomes), forming colonies, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Steve Marlow snm081019_053
October Oconee County SC
Bad Creek
Bracts linear, with glands mostly hidden by silky trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Grass-leaved Golden-asters
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Steve Marlow snm081019_054
October Oconee County SC
Bad Creek
Peduncles and upper stem eglandular to sparsely glandular, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm131103_195
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
The genus Pityopsis has been split from Chrysopsis (goldenasters) and from ->
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JK Marlow jkm131103_199
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
... Heterotheca (camphorweeds) by its silky, silvery, appressed hairs, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.