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Your search found 167 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with ONLY DISC flowers, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Southern Maritime Marsh-elder, Southern Bigleaf Marsh-elder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Iva frutescens var. frutescens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iva frutescens ssp. frutescens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva frutescens 179-01-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in brackish marshes and marsh edges, normally on the back side of barrier islands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Seashore Elder, Dune Marsh-elder, Seacoast Marsh-elder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Iva imbricata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iva imbricata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva imbricata 179-01-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on dunes, upper beach, island-end flats
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sumpweed, Rough Marsh-elder, Annual Marsh-elder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Iva annua FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Iva annua + FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva annua 179-01-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in fields, disturbed places
Rare, probably introduced to parts of our area from by Native Americans
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Outcrop Ragweed, Glade Ragweed
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ambrosia species 1 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Native
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Common Name:
Giant Ragweed, Great Ragweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ambrosia trifida var. trifida FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ambrosia trifida var. trifida FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ambrosia trifida 179-02-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in floodplains, moist pastures, disturbed ground
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Ragweed, Common Ragweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ambrosia artemisiifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ambrosia artemisiifolia + FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ambrosia artemisiifolia 179-02-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in roadsides, gardens, disturbed soils, thin soils on rock outcrops
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Savanna Indian Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum ovatum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia lanceolata 179-18-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in wet savannas, esp over coquina limestone ("marl")
Common in GA (rare in NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Broadleaf Indian Plantain, Ovateleaf Indian Plantain, Ovateleaf Cacalia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arnoglossum ovatum var. ovatum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum ovatum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in bottomlands, bay forests, moist or wet forests
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Pale Indian Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arnoglossum atriplicifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum atriplicifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia atriplicifolia 179-18-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in mesic forests, woodland edges, clearings
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Great Indian Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Arnoglossum reniforme FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum reniforme FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia muhlenbergii 179-18-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in cove forests, floodplains, other mesic forests
Common in NC & GA Mountains, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Variable-leaf Indian Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Arnoglossum diversifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum diversifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in calcareous swamps, calcareous hydric hammocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Salmon Tasselflower, Cupid’s-shaving-brush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Emilia fosbergii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Emilia fosbergii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Common Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Senecio vulgaris FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Senecio vulgaris FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio vulgaris 179-19-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, in fields, disturbed areas
Uncommon
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Rugel's Ragwort, Rugelia, Rugel's Indian Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rugelia nudicaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rugelia nudicaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio rugelia 179-19-010 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in high elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places downslope into northern hardwood forests
Rare, endemic to the Great Smoky Mtns in NC-TN
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Fireweed, American Burnweed, Pilewort
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Erechtites hieraciifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae__
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erechtites hieracifolia 179-20-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in disturbed soil in nearly all habitats except the extremely xeric, present in most parts of the modern (beat-up) landscape at least as seedlings, liable to turn up at the smallest disturbance (such as small tree-fall tip-up mounds or campfires, even in large natural areas), most abundant in areas extensively disturbed or scarified by timber-harvest, bulldozing, or severe fire
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Redflower Ragleaf, Thickhead
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crassocephalum crepidioides FAMILY: Asteraceae__
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crassocephalum crepidioides FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pine rocklands, rockland hammocks, disturbed areas
Non-native: Africa
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Common Name:
Bachelor's Buttons, Cornflower
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Cyanus segetum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea cyanus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea cyanus 179-24-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in GA Mountains)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Spotted Knapweed, Bushy Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos FAMILY: Asteraceae__
(?) PLANTS National Database: Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea maculosa 179-24-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (rare in GA & SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Blessed Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea benedicta FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cnicus benedictus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea benedicta 179-24-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA-NC-SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Common Name: Russian Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Acroptilon repens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Acroptilon repens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in disturbed areas
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Tumble Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Maltese Star-thistle
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Centaurea melitensis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea melitensis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in waste areas near wool-combing mill, roadsides, disturbed areas
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name: Black Knapweed, Spanish-buttons
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea nigra FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea nigra FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas
Rare in NC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bull Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium vulgare FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium vulgare FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus lanceolatus 179-25-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in meadows, pastures, & disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: LeConte's Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium lecontei FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium lecontei FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus lecontei 179-25-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in wet pine savannas, bogs
Rare in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Yellow Thistle, Purple Thistle, Bristle Thistle, Horrid Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus spinosissimus 179-25-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on roadsides, woodlands, pine savannas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Field Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium discolor FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium discolor FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus discolor 179-25-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, woodlands, thickets
Common (rare in Piedmont south of VA, rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tall Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium altissimum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium altissimum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus altissimus 179-25-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, woodlands, thickets
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium virginianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium virginianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus virginianus 179-25-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in moist to fairly dry pine savannas, bogs
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of NC-SC, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium carolinianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium carolinianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus carolinianus 179-25-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in prairies, open woodlands over mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Tall Thistle, Nuttall's Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium nuttallii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium nuttallii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus nuttallii 179-25-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pine savannas, roadsides, pastures
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandhill Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium repandum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium repandum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus repandus 179-25-010 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills, other dry sandy habitats
Common in NC-SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium muticum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium muticum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus muticus 179-25-011 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in swamps, wet thickets, woodlands, seepage slopes, wet prairies, meadows
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Pasture Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium pumilum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium pumilum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus pumilus 179-25-012 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, thickets and woodlands, perhaps esp over mafic rocks
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Canada Thistle, Field Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cirsium arvense FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium arvense FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus arvensis 179-25-013 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in NC Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Nodding Thistle, Musk Thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Carduus nutans FAMILY: Asteraceae__
(?) PLANTS National Database: Carduus nutans FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus nutans 179-25-014 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in NC)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carduus acanthoides FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus acanthoides 179-25-015 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in disturbed areas, pastures
Rare in NC-SC
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Blessed Milk-thistle, Blessed-thistle, Milk-thistle
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Silybum marianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silybum marianum FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name: Greater Burdock
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Arctium lappa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arctium lappa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arctium lappa 179-26-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in fields and roadsides
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Lesser Burdock
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arctium minus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arctium minus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arctium minus 179-26-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, barnyards, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Stemless Ironweed, Carolina Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vernonia acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia acaulis 179-27-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills, dry rocky woodlands, bluffs, and barrens
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA) (endemic to GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Ironweed, Slender Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia 179-27-003a FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA) (endemic to GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vernonia glauca FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia glauca FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia glauca 179-27-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, bottomlands, streamsides
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
New York Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vernonia noveboracensis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia noveboracensis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia noveboracensis 179-27-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, bottomlands, streamsides
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tall Ironweed, Common Ironweed, Giant Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vernonia gigantea FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia altissima 179-27-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in pastures, bottomlands, streamsides
Common
Native to Georgia, North Carolina, & possibly South Carolina
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Common Name:
Tennessee Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in upland deciduous forests and woodlands, woodland borders
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont) (endemic)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Vernonia lettermanii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) PLANTS National Database: Vernonia lettermannii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in gravel bars
Native: Western US
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Common Name:
Leafy Elephant's Foot, Carolina Elephant's Foot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Elephantopus carolinianus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus carolinianus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus carolinianus 179-28-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in mesic to dry forests & woodlands
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Elephant's Foot, Upland Elephant's Foot, Woodland Elephant's Foot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Elephantopus tomentosus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus tomentosus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus tomentosus 179-28-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in woodlands and woodland borders, usually fairly dry
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in NC-SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Plain Elephant's Foot, Smooth Elephant's Foot, Savanna Elephant's Foot, Pineland Elephant's Foot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Elephantopus nudatus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus nudatus FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus nudatus 179-28-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in woodlands and woodland borders, usually fairly dry
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Sclerolepis, Pink bogbutton
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Sclerolepis uniflora FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sclerolepis uniflora FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sclerolepis uniflora 179-29-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in shallow water (later sometimes stranded on shore by dropping water levels) of clay-based Carolina bays, natural lake shores, blackwater stream shores and swamps, in seepage wetlands including sea-level fens
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dense Blazing-star, Mountain Blazing-star, Florist's Gayfeather, Dense Gayfeather
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Liatris spicata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris spicata var. spicata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris spicata var. spicata 179-30-001a FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in prairies, roadsides, seepages, bogs, grassy balds
Common (uncommon in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Prairie Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Liatris pycnostachya + FAMILY: Asteraceae__
(?) PLANTS National Database: Liatris pycnostachya + FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Liatris resinosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris spicata var. resinosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris spicata var. resinosa 179-30-001b FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in bogs, wet longleaf pine pine savannas, seepages
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains) (endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Blazing-star, Smallhead Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Liatris microcephala FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris microcephala FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris microcephala 179-30-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Grassleaf Blazing-star, Shaggy Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Liatris pilosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris pilosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris graminifolia 179-30-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills, pine barrens, other xeric forests and woodlands, fields, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in SC, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Wand Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Liatris virgata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris virgata FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris graminifolia 179-30-003? FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in open woods, roadbanks
Common (rare in GA Mountains), endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Liatris helleri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Liatris helleri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris helleri 179-30-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it on high elevation rock outcrops, sometimes on ledges of precipitous cliffs, rocky openings in heath balds, shale barrens
Rare (an endemic)
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sandhills Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Liatris cokeri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Liatris cokeri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris regimontis 179-30-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills
Common
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Sandhills Blazing-star, One-sided Blazing-star, Lax Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Liatris secunda FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liatris pauciflora FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris secunda 179-30-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Look for it in sandhills
Uncommon (rare in GA & NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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