Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purpledisc 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 atrorubens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus atrorubens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-005:
Helianthus atrorubens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Purpledisc Sunflower, Hairy Wood Sunflower, Appalachian Sunflower
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Look for it in dry soils of rocky, sandy, or clayey woodlands & roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (reduced upward)
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 p170
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p135
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p305
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p354
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p191
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p058
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