NameThatPlant.net: Helianthus divaricatus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Woodland Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-011:

Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Woodland Sunflower, Spreading Sunflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-011:
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry woodlands and forests, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown/Blackish
Achene

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