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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus schweinitzii   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus schweinitzii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-003:

Helianthus schweinitzii   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus schweinitzii

 

COMMON NAME:
Schweinitz's Sunflower


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image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

JK Marlow    jkm060928_017

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

JK Marlow    jkm060928_125

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

Will Stuart    wil_3932516321_f2c6caba99

September    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

8-15 ray florets; lobes of disc florets yellow, anthers dark brown to black, per Flora of North America.

image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

Will Stuart    wil_schweinileafstem_1177

September    Union County    NC

Leaves are slender, single veined, and very rough to the touch. — Will Stuart

image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

Will Stuart    wil_schweinitzgroup_1547

September    Union County    NC

Flower heads less than 2" across with yellow ray and disk flowers, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Helianthus schweinitzii, Schweinitz's Sunflower

JK Marlow    jkm0411f_18

November    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

Leaves scabrous above, tomentose beneath, short-petiolate to sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus schweinitzii   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-003:
Helianthus schweinitzii   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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651

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Clayey soils of woodlands and roadsides, in areas formerly with post oak-blackjack oak savannas, xeric oak-pine woodlands, or "Piedmont prairies", now primarily on mowed road or powerline rights-of-way, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare (occurring primarily within 100 km of Charlotte, NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Lower opposite, upper alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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