Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus debilis
COMMON NAME:
East Florida Beach Sunflower
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July Georgetown County SC
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July Georgetown County SC
Ray florets 11-20. Disc floret corolla lobes usually reddish. Anthers dark, per Flora of North America.
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July Georgetown County SC
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July Georgetown County SC
This has exploded at Pawleys Island after first showing up several years ago after a hurricane. — Alan Weakley
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November Georgetown County SC
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November Georgetown County SC
Stems glabrous or puberulent; leaves serrulate to evenly serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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November Georgetown County SC
Phyllaries 20-30, acute to long-attenuate at tip, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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December Georgetown County SC
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December Georgetown County SC
Stems decumbent, with ascending or erect flowering branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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December Georgetown County SC
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December Georgetown County SC
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December Georgetown County SC
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December Georgetown County SC
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December Georgetown County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus debilis
4889
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Sandy beaches and dunes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida
Rare in SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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