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



SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Smallanthus uvedalia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Smallanthus uvedalia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:

Polymnia uvedalia   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Smallanthus uvedalia

 

COMMON NAME:
Bearsfoot, Hairy Leafcup, Yellow Leafcup


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pouv2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm120330_208

March    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120330_280

March    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm060528_028

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm170624_269

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Stipules?

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JK Marlow    s060617_a

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

Leaves triangular to ovate w mostly palmate lobes, broadly winged petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s060617_d

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

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JK Marlow    jkm060729_023

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

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JK Marlow    jkm060729_029

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_uvedalius_2014

July    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm0308e_11

August    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120825_947b

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm120825_948949

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Involucral bracts ovate to elliptic, obtuse to acutish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm120825_950

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm120825_952

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm150822_834

August    Oconee County    SC

Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_uvedalius_10535

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_uvedalius_10536

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm180903_4450

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190905_1315

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190905_1317

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Disc flowers with pistils & stamens, but sterile. Ray flowers pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polymnia

September?        GA

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JK Marlow    jkm151128_052

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Black, rounded, swollen achenes 0.25" long, faintly grooved, pappus absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smallanthus uvedalia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Smallanthus uvedalia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:
Polymnia uvedalia   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smallanthus uvedalia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1130

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomland forests, and disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Mostly opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black/Blackish
Achene

 

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