Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Downy Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
2035
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helianthus mollis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus mollis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-010:
Helianthus mollis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Sunflower, Ashy Sunflower, Gray Sunflower
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Look for it in calcareous prairies and barrens, disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia & westward
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Rare
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Helianthus mollis FAMILY Asteraceae
Downy Sunflower, Ashy Sunflower, Gray Sunflower
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Downy Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm090808_003
August Floyd County GA
In cultivation
Leaves densely soft-pubescent, base wide clasping, rounded to slightly cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090808_010
August Floyd County GA
In cultivation
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the tips often reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Sunflowers
JK Marlow jkm160915_121
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Adventive in eastern US (Maine), where continuing to spread, esp along roads, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm160915_122
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Leaves sessile and cordate, mostly or all opposite, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm160915_123
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Leaf blades ashy or gray-green, 3-nerved distal to bases, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm160915_124
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Stems erect, hirsute to villous, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm160915_125
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Leaf blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, per Flora of North America.