...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-51-003a:
Heterotheca nervosa var. nervosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas
Heterotheca correllii
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis graminifolia
COMMON NAME:
Grass-leaved Golden-aster, Grassleaf Aster
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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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Tim Spira tpspgraminifolia_frts
October
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JK Marlow jkm131103_195
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm131103_199
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District