Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The whole plant is mostly covered with dense, white, cottony or cobwebby hairs. Read more 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):
Chrysopsis gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-007:
Heterotheca gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster
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Look for it in sandhills, coastal dunes, other dry sandy places, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p276
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p162?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p109
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p109
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