OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Silkgrass, Pineland Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca adenolepis 179-51-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry woodlands, forests, and disturbed places, apparently in the NC Mountains only in the Escarpment

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in NC Mountains

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Pineland Silkgrass, Sticky Goldenaster, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis aspera var. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis aspera var. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry flatwoods

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Narrowleaf Goldenaster, Few-flowered Goldenaster, Bog Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis oligantha   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis oligantha   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, pine savannas, and pitcherplant bogs

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis nervosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca nervosa var. nervosa 179-51-003a   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry woodlands and forests (such as ridgetop pine/heath communities in the Mountains), roadbanks

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Smallhead Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis microcephala   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca nervosa var. microcephala 179-51-003b   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy woodlands, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, other dry woodlands

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis graminifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca nervosa var. microcephala 179-51-003b?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sandhill Goldenaster, Taylor County Goldenaster, Taylor County Silkgrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis pinifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis pinifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca pinifolia 179-51-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Ruth's Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pityopsis ruthii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pityopsis ruthii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Flood-scoured rocks along rivers

Native: Tennessee

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Maryland Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chrysopsis mariana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chrysopsis mariana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca mariana 179-51-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dry forests and woodlands, roadsides, other dry habitats

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chrysopsis gossypina   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca gossypina 179-51-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, coastal dunes, Florida scrub, other dry sandy places

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Soft Goldenaster, Hairy Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Bradburia pilosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Chrysopsis pilosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca gossypina 179-51-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Barrens, prairies, glades, savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native: south central US

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Scrub Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chrysopsis subulata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chrysopsis subulata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine flatwoods, Florida scrubby flatwoods

Native: Florida

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Camphorweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heterotheca subaxillaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Heterotheca subaxillaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heterotheca subaxillaris 179-51-010   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Coastal dunes and sand-flats, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Nashville Camphorweed, Lemon-yellow Goldenaster, Lemon-yellow False Goldenaster

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) PLANTS National Database: Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissimum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, shale roadsides, outcrops, and quarries

Uncommon in GA Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA & NC

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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