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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-75-005:
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Helenium helenium
COMMON NAME:
Savannah Sneezeweed, Spring Helenium
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April Turner County GA
Heads 1(-3) per plant, usually borne singly, per Flora of North America.
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April Turner County GA
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April Turner County GA
Midstem leaves decurrent on stem, decurrency > 2cm, usually to next leaf down, per Weakley's Flora.
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April Turner County GA
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April Turner County GA
Peduncles usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy; cypselae glabrous, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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April Turner County GA
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April Turner County GA
Involucre of one series of linear bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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April Turner County GA
Basal lvs usually repand or entire, lower part narrowed into a petiolate form, per Weakley's Flora.
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April Turner County GA
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April Turner County GA
Flowering stem topped by 1 head of disk flowers surrounded by up to 40 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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April Turner County GA
Stems usually 1, usually unbranched distally, weakly winged, per Flora of North America.
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May Williamsburg County SC
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May Williamsburg County SC