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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helianthus divaricatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-011:
Helianthus divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus divaricatus
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Sunflower, Spreading Sunflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hedi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120506_678
May Oconee County SC
Its widely spreading leaves are commonly at right angles to the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm0406n_03
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Flower heads composed of a 1/2" disk of tubular yellow flowers & 8-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm0406n_08
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
The leaves were stiff and rough to the touch.
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_33
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow s040629_a
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Opposite, virtually sessile leaves with abruptly rounded bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow s040629_b
June Pickens County SC
Roadside
Leaves do not clasp & taper gradually to a long tip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm220702_8860
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4618
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4619
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4621
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bill Stringer wcshelianthus_divaricatu
July
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JK Marlow jkm0408k_09
August Oconee County SC
Leaves sessile, the 2 lateral veins diverging from midrib at very base of leaf, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Hairy Sunflower and Woodland Sunflower
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0385
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus divaricatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-011:
Helianthus divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus divaricatus
647
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry woodlands and forests, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown/Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p175
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p094
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p388
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p157
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p302
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p351
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p191
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p134
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