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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savannah Sneezeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helenium vernale
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, 1938)
Helenium helenium
COMMON NAME:
Savannah Sneezeweed, Spring Helenium
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JK Marlow jkm160415_025
April Turner County GA
Heads 1(-3) per plant, usually borne singly, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_025b
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_030b
April Turner County GA
Midstem leaves decurrent on stem, decurrency > 2cm, usually to next leaf down, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_081
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_086
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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JK Marlow jkm160415_088
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_089
April Turner County GA
Involucre of one series of linear bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_091
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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JK Marlow jkm160415_094
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_095
April Turner County GA
Flowering stem topped by 1 head of disk flowers surrounded by up to 40 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_148
April Turner County GA
Stems usually 1, usually unbranched distally, weakly winged, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_27
May Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_29
May Williamsburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helenium vernale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helenium vernale
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, 1938)
Helenium helenium
1956
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)
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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 & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers five-lobed; ray flowers three-lobed
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile (lacking pistil and style)
FRUIT:
Spring
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p173
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p114
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p395
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p155
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p128
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p085
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