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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Chrysopsis mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-006:
Heterotheca mariana FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis mariana
COMMON NAME:
Maryland Goldenaster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chma14_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3773
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3776
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Woolly-hairy when young, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3776
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3777
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4824
August Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stems erect, up to 2' tall, often several clumped together, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_053
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm060928_056
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm120908_430
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180914_4746
September Greenville County SC
Bracts stipitate-glandular (as are the peduncles), appressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
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JK Marlow jkm180921_4857
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3385
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Basal leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate, bases attenuate, ...
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3388
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
... margins obscurely dentate apically or entire, apices acute to obtuse, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9831
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm230905_5235
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_mariana_maryland
September
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Ron Lance rwl_pityopsis_mariana
September? Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm061029_122b
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Upper stem leaves either arachnoid [cobwebby] to glabrate, or woolly, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_011
October Dorchester County SC
An erect perennial to 80cm, loosely woolly-hairy when young, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm121004_245
October Greenville County SC
Leaves lanceolate & finely-toothed, the lower ones larger & pinnately veined, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm211002_4025
October Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_chrysopsis_mariana
October
Rays yellow, 12-25, 1-2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_01
November Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm091107_018
November Greenwood County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0455b
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0455c
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Nutlets reddish to brown, pubescent, 2-2.9mm long; pappus tan, 6-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0457b
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0457c
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm231109_6779
November Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231109_6782
November Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Both stems and leaves covered with long white hairs, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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JK Marlow s031116_b
November Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Bill Stringer wcs665_a
November?
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Chrysopsis mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-006:
Heterotheca mariana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis mariana
665
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dry forests and woodlands, roadsides, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p226
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p030
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p169
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p136
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p366
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p278
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p171
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p109
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p067
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p307
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p357
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p196
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p059
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