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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Appalachian Barbara's-buttons at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004:
Marshallia grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia grandiflora
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Barbara's-buttons, Large-flowered Barbara's-buttons, Monongahela Barbara's-buttons, Appalachian Barbara's-buttons
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_magr7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004:
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia grandiflora
917
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Habitat uncertain: "borders of swamp", "damp soil", "dry soil", per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Presumed extinct
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer
Brownish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p162
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p202
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p315
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p365
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