Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Marshallia graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Marshallia graminifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-001:
Marshallia graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia laciniarioides
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia williamsonii
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmm_graminifolia
August
Lvs basally disposed, either all below stem midpoint or upper markedly smaller, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgraminifolia_2
August
Leaves up to 10" long and about 5/8" wide, with an evidently 3-nerved blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil_9506517840_7aaa7777fe
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Flowers all discoid, long-tubular with lobes about half as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgraminifolia_echaw1
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Members of this genus are glandular-dotted perennials w a peduncle over 5cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgraminifolia_echaw2
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Marshallia graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Marshallia graminifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-001:
Marshallia graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia laciniarioides
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia williamsonii
916
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere (endemic)
Habitat: pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Usually pale lavender to purplish
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p047
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p162
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p252
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p221
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p384
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p186
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p203
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p275
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p202