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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phoebanthus tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
pineland false sunflower
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Alan S. Weakley asw_760919795760728
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Leaves 1.2 mm wide; phyllaries spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phoebanthus tenuifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phoebanthus tenuifolia
4757
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida & Alabama
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves all opposite, or lower opposite & upper alternate, or all alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Achene
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