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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chrysopsis gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The whole plant is mostly covered with dense, white, cottony or cobwebby hairs. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-007:
Heterotheca gossypina FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis gossypina
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis longii
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis arenicola
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis decumbens
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis pilosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1207281503327725
January Dare County NC
Jockeys Ridge State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1223461228608802
January Dare County NC
Jockeys Ridge State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1369354453906122
January Dare County NC
Jockeys Ridge State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_559307986068460
January Dare County NC
Jockeys Ridge State Park
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Will Stuart wil_8442064468_4e57e0a101
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Distinctive "cottony" & nearly decumbent stem make this aster unmistakable. — Will Stuart
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JK Marlow jkm161001_005
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Stems radiate - creeping - from a central point, the outer portions erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_006
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_007
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Nothing else in our area looks quite like this plant..., per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_010
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
C. mariana's flowers look similar, but its stems are erect & much less hairy, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_046
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_047
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_048
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_049
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Inhabits dry to very dry longleaf pinelands and turkey oak scrub, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_gossypina_4
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_chrysopsis_gossypina
October
More or less densely woolly hairy, except sometime not on involucral bracts, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chrysopsis gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-007:
Heterotheca gossypina
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis gossypina
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis longii
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis arenicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis decumbens
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis pilosa
2096
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, coastal dunes, Florida scrub, other dry sandy places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p328
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p278
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p162?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p109
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p067
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p109
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