Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy 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 hirsutus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus hirsutus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-012:
Helianthus hirsutus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Sunflower, Rough Sunflower
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Look for it in woodlands & other sunny or semi-sunny habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC)
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
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 p172
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p302
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p352
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p192
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