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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Chaptalia tomentosa

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

Chaptalia tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:

Chaptalia tomentosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Chaptalia tomentosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets


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image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

Alan S. Weakley    asw_713204533889508

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Flowering stalk leafless, white-woolly; flower heads daisylike with narrow white ray florets, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

JK Marlow    jkm160415_068069

April    Turner County    GA

Leaves w tufts of white woolly hairs above, densely matted white hairs below, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

JK Marlow    jkm160415_070

April    Turner County    GA

Flower heads grow singly, nodding at first, eventually erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

JK Marlow    jkm160415_079

April    Turner County    GA

image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

JK Marlow    jkm160415_121

April    Turner County    GA

image of Chaptalia tomentosa, Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets

JK Marlow    jkm0505r_16

May    Williamsburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Chaptalia tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:
Chaptalia tomentosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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308

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Rays: White above, Pink below
Disc: Cream
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Grayish-brown
Achene

 

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