NameThatPlant.net: Helianthus resinosus

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus resinosus FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus resinosus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-018:

Helianthus tomentosus FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Sunflower, Resinous Sunflower, Gray Sunflower, Resindot Sunflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus resinosus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus resinosus FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-018:
Helianthus tomentosus FAMILY Asteraceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, thickets, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Lower opposite, upper usually alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Blackish
Achene

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