NameThatPlant.net: Marshallia legrandii

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia legrandii FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

You may enjoy reading "New wildﬂower species named after NC biologist."

Read how taxonomy affects conservation decision-making from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

Read more about Marshallia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia legrandii FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Marshallia legrandii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004?:

Marshallia grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttons

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image of Marshallia legrandii, Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttons

Alan S. Weakley asw_198524876421970

May Granville County NC

Alan S. Weakley asw_809104497508086

May Granville County NC

Apex of outer well-developed phyllaries acute to obtuse, outer surface w abundant resin glands, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

Will Stuart wil_7215059316_4d432b27b9

May Orange County NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flower heads solitary, corollas medium pink, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia legrandii FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia legrandii FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia legrandii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004?:
Marshallia grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae__

3559

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: diabase barrens and fire-maintained woodlands over greenstone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Achene

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