Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stemless Ironweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-001:
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Stemless Ironweed, Carolina Ironweed
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JK Marlow jkm100624_053
June Greenville County SC
Leaves tend to have a more acute apex than those of Elephantopus, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm100624_059
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100624_061
June Greenville County SC
Involucres 5-10mm long; outer bracts acuminate to caudate, inner acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100624_064
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm131027_024
October Saluda County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Basal leaves 3-8, elliptic, lanceolate or oblancolate, 1-3dm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm131027_028b
October Saluda County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Heads discoid. Pappus whitish to stramineous [straw-like], per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm131027_029c
October Saluda County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Phyllaries 40-60 in 5-6 series, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm151017_473474
October Columbia County GA
Flowers at the ends of branches in a flat-topped cluster, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm151017_477
October Columbia County GA
Stem leaves small, 2-7, linear, oblancolate to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm081102_062
November Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm081102_074
November Columbia County GA
Flowers of the genus Vernonia are all discoid, all bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-001:
Vernonia acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
2754
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA) (endemic to GA-NC-SC)
Look for it in sandhills, dry rocky woodlands, bluffs, and barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (large) & alternate (small)
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p387
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p169
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p104
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p083