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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Borrichia frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Borrichia frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Borrichia frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Borrichia frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-64-001:
Borrichia frutescens FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Borrichia frutescens
COMMON NAME:
Silver Seaside Oxeye
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bofr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_35b
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Fruit is a spinose head terminating some twigs, persistent over winter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm0502e_04
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090516_101
May
Involucres hemispheric, flattened with age; bracts imbricate, apices aristate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090517_018
May Georgetown County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090517_036
May Georgetown County SC
Showy yellow flwr heads, fleshy gray lvs, erect stature, saltwater habitat, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbfrutescens_cssp
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmborrichia_sclife
June?
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_26
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309r_27
September Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaf margins are mostly entire, but may be coarsely toothed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm0309r_30
September Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
This rhizomatous shrub forms extensive colonies, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm0309s_12
September Horry County SC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1084560188891721
December Georgetown County SC
Leaves 1-3" long, fleshy with a dense covering of hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Borrichia frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Borrichia frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Borrichia frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Borrichia frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-64-001:
Borrichia frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Borrichia frutescens
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Salt and brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p170
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p358
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p506
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p276
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p129
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p295
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p063
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p078
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