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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Boltonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia diffusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001?:
Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_1
September Lincoln County NC
Leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, bases not decurrent, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_3
September Lincoln County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_4
September Lincoln County NC
Stems erect (slender). Flower heads in paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_2
October Lincoln County NC
Ray florets 20-40, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-6.3mm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia diffusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001?:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
1946
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, and other artificially open areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p122?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p280?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p329