OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Helianthus occidentalis var. dowellianus

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Helianthus dowellianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-007:

Helianthus occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helianthus occidentalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Naked-stem Sunflower, Fewleaf Sunflower, Western Sunflower


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image of Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis, Naked-stem Sunflower, Fewleaf Sunflower, Western Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_occidentalis_occi_2

August        

Flower heads 2-3" across, terminating stem & branches, with 10-15 rays, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis, Naked-stem Sunflower, Fewleaf Sunflower, Western Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_occidentalis_occi_4

August        

Leaves basally disposed and long-stalked, the almost entire blades 3-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Helianthus occidentalis var. dowellianus

INCLUDING Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Helianthus dowellianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-007:
Helianthus occidentalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus occidentalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3389

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky or sandy flood-scoured riversides, dry hammocks (in FL), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (extirpated from NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal rosette often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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