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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smallanthus uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The epithet retains the spelling "uvedalia" regardless of the grammatical gender of the genus, as it is a pre-Linnaean genus name honoring Robert Uvedale (1642-1722) and therefore a noun in apposition. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
Read more about Bearsfoot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The epithet retains the spelling 'uvedalia' regardless of the grammatical gender of the genus, as it is a pre-Linnaean genus name honoring Robert Uvedale (1642-1722) and being used as a noun in apposition, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:
Polymnia uvedalia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smallanthus uvedalia
COMMON NAME:
Bearsfoot, Hairy Leafcup, Yellow Leafcup
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pouv2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120330_208
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120330_280
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060528_028
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm170624_269
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Stipules?
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JK Marlow s060617_a
June Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Leaves triangular to ovate w mostly palmate lobes, broadly winged petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow s060617_d
June Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm060729_023
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm060729_029
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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Keith Bradley kab_s_uvedalius_2014
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0308e_11
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120825_947b
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm120825_948949
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Involucral bracts ovate to elliptic, obtuse to acutish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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JK Marlow jkm120825_950
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm120825_952
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150822_834
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_s_uvedalius_10535
August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_s_uvedalius_10536
August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4450
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1315
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1317
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Disc flowers with pistils & stamens, but sterile. Ray flowers pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polymnia
September? GA
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JK Marlow jkm151128_052
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Black, rounded, swollen achenes 0.25" long, faintly grooved, pappus absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smallanthus uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:
Polymnia uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smallanthus uvedalia
1130
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, bottomland forests, and disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Mostly opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual but sterile/ Ray flowers pistillate and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black/Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p210
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p270
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p390
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p285
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p306
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p151
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p118
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p268
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p114
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p317
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p378
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p200
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