Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Sunflower 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):
Helianthus angustifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus angustifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-002:
Helianthus angustifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Sunflower , Swamp Sunflower
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Look for it in savannas, ditches, marshes, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Lower opposite, upper alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Purplish-red
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p169
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p174
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p094
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p168
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p268
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p366
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p122
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p201
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p272
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p301
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p350
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p191
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p323
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