Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Dandelions, True or False? by Jan Haldeman.
Read more about Carolina False-dandelion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-16-001:
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. georgianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sitilias caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina False-dandelion
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Look for it in dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Biennial, rarely perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common (uncommon in NC-SC Mountains)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal often withered toward the end of flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus FAMILY Asteraceae_
Carolina False-dandelion
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may find it helpful to read Dandelions, True or False? by Jan Haldeman.
Click the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
JK Marlow jkm180601_2646
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Ray flowers pale yellow, numerous; disk flowers absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Dandelions and Dandelion-like species
JK Marlow s050618_c
June Oconee County SC
Lvs oblanceolate to lanceolate, entire to deeply dissected, whitish midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm0407e_08b
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flower is a "cool" yellow, rather than a "warm" yellow...
JK Marlow jkm120727_852
July Spartanburg County SC
Inner bracts in 1 series, outer bracts shorter & in several series, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray flowers only (no disc)
JK Marlow jkm120814_534
August Greenville County SC
Pappus bristles whitish-tan, capillary, 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120814_544
August Greenville County SC
Nutlets cylindric, tapered to both ends, 5-grooved, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.