...Moist
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helianthus microcephalus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus microcephalus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-65-015:
Helianthus microcephalus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Small Wood Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hemi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120812_376
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120812_380
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Involucres 0.7-1cm long, bracts lanceolate, usually spreading apically, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Sunflowers
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JK Marlow jkm120812_380b
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Helianthus disc flowers have styles that are bifurcate [two-forked], per www.missouriplants.com
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JK Marlow jkm120812_383
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120812_389
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120814_557
August Greenville County SC
Leaves pubescent beneath, at least on the midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120814_558
August Greenville County SC
Leaves mostly scabrous above, resin-dotted, abruptly narrowed to a petiole, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm130824_639
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Involucre body 6-13mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130824_646
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_649
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_651
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_654
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0409b_35b
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
Heads small, with 5-8 ray flowers, numerous, on long slender stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm180906_4600
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040901_a
September Greenville County SC
Roadside