Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rudbeckia 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):
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-001?:
Rudbeckia laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Cutleaf Coneflower
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Look for it in seeps, bog edges, brookbanks, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in
-
NC
SC
Common
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
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Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis FAMILY Asteraceae
Blue Ridge Cutleaf Coneflower
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rudbeckia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm0408c_34
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Basal and lower stem leaves 1-5 lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm0408d_13
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Disc almost globose or hemispheric; rays 3-4cm long, often reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0408d_20
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Disc florets bisexual and fertile; corollas yellow to yellowish green, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm130927_613
September Transylvania County NC
Involucral bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, essentially glabrous, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Black-eyed Susan and Cutleaf Coneflower