Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. microcephala
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-51-003b?:
Heterotheca nervosa var. microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pityopsis microcephala
COMMON NAME:
narrowleaf silkgrass, Grass-leaved Golden-aster, Grassleaf Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chgr14_001_lvd
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_p_graminifolia_flower
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
Its sericeous peduncles, small involucre, and reduced distal cauline leaves...
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_p_graminifolia_plant
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
... are similar to var. tenuifolia, per Flora of North America.
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_p_graminifolia_whole
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
Stem leaves reduced upwards, only slightly overlapping; lower lvs to 20mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Grass-leaved Golden-asters
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5678
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5679
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5681
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park