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Common Name:
Spiny Cocklebur
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acanthoxanthium spinosum
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Common Name:
Cocklebur
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense
GREATER THAN (MISAPPLIED)
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium
Female flowers enclosed by the involucre, forming a bur w hooked bristles, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Common Name:
Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Groundsel
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Common Name:
Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Yellowtop
10-15 showy ray flowers, 0.2-0.4" long, surround 0.25" disk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Packera millefolia
This is apparently a hybrid between Packera millefolium and P. anonyma.
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Common Name:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
8-15 ray flowers, 0.2-0.3" long, surround a disk 0.2-0.3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Woolly Ragwort
Rays 5-10mm long, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel
Heads few, generally 5-20, per Weakley's Flora.
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Packera paupercula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Senecio crawfordii
Common Name:
Appalachian Ragwort
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED TO OUR MATERIAL)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Senecio plattensis
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Common Name:
Buck Creek Ragwort
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED TO OUR MATERIAL) (?)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Senecio plattensis
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED) (?)
Packera paupercula var. appalachiana
Ray florets 9-11, lemon yellow. Disc florets 18-20, lemon yellow, per Packera serpenticola, a New Species from North Carolina (Boufford et al., 2014).
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Common Name:
Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Segregates of Senecio & Cacalia in the flora of North America... (Barkley, 1999)
Packera schweinitzianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio schweinitzianus
Heads 8-20+ in loose, corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort
10-12 ray flowers, 0.25-0.5" long. Disk 0.2-0.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
8-10 irregularly spaced ray flowers. Disk yellow, 0.3-.6" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Jacobaea vulgaris
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Common Name:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica
A branched inflorescence has up to about 30 flower heads, each w 10-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
Flower heads grow singly, nodding at first, eventually erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Common Name:
Stoke's Aster, Blue Stokesia
Ray flowers 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5cm long, lobes 5-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Centaurea monctonii
(?)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri
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Common Name:
Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Centaurea transalpina
Outer flowers of the heads larger than others, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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Common Name:
Robin's Plantain
Usually 2-5 flower heads with 50-100 ray flowers terminating a hairy stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Fleabane, Philadelphia-daisy
Heads 0.5-1.0" across, numerous, each w usually more than 150 ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Southern Fleabane, Oakleaf Fleabane
Similar to E. philadelphicus, but usualy shorter. Rays 100-150, only 3-5mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Annual Fleabane
Flower heads 1/2 to 3/4" wide with 50 or many more white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii
Flower heads several to many, each 1/2" wide or less, with 50-100 rays, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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Common Name:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane
Flower heads with 20-30 white (rarely lavender) ray flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Horseweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Erigeron canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptilon canadense
The involucre is 1/8" high, and the whitish rays are narrow, short and erect, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Southern Horseweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Erigeron pusillus
The involucre is 1/8" high, and the whitish rays are narrow, short and erect, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Carolina Doll's Daisy, Boltonia
Ray florets 25-36, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-7.5mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Southern Doll's Daisy, Boltonia
Ray florets 20-40, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-6.3mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Eastern Doll's Daisy, White Doll's Daisy, False Aster, Boltonia
Ray florets 20-60; corollas white to lilac, laminae 5-13mm, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
eastern western-daisy
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Astranthium integrifolium var. integrifolium
Flower heads from 0.7-1.4" wide, with 8-30 white rays tinged with lavender, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Weakley's Flora
Ionactis/ Oclemena/ Sericocarpus
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Common Name:
Toothed White-topped Aster
The so-called White-topped Asters have about 5 rays and creamy-white disks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf White-topped Aster, Slender White-topped Aster
Ray flowers white to pink, 3-6, narrow, 0.2-0.4" long; disk flowers cream, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Twisted-leaf White-topped Aster, Dixie White-topped Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sericocarpus bifoliatus
Bracts at base of flowerheads distinctly green-tipped; 2-5 white ray flowers, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Common Name:
Piedmont Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster mirabilis
Rays 12-20, bluish-lavender to white, 1.5-2cm long; disc flowers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Large-leaf Aster, Big-leaved Aster
Rays 12-20, white to lavender, 1.5-2cm long; disc flowers yellow to red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
White Wood Aster, Woodland Aster, Common White Heart-leaved Aster
The inflorescence is corymbiform; flowers have 5-10 white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge White Heart-leaved Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster chlorolepis
Rays white, usually 10 or more, 1.5-2cm long, disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Blue Wood Aster, Heart-leaved Aster
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster cordifolius
Ray florets (8)10-16(20). Disc florets cream or light yellow becoming purple, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Smooth Heart-leaved Aster, Lowrie's Aster
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster lowrieanus
Flower heads in ~ densely paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster