NameThatPlant.net: Pityopsis oligantha

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis oligantha FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis oligantha FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Goldenaster, Few-flowered Goldenaster, Bog Goldenaster

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis oligantha FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis oligantha FAMILY Asteraceae

3163

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, pine savannas, and pitcherplant bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

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