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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Boltonia diffusa

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

Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001?:

Boltonia caroliniana   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy


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image of Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa, Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_1

September    Lincoln County    NC

Leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, bases not decurrent, per Flora of North America.

image of Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa, Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_3

September    Lincoln County    NC

image of Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa, Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_4

September    Lincoln County    NC

Stems erect (slender). Flower heads in paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.

image of Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa, Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_diffusa_diffusa_2

October    Lincoln County    NC

Ray florets 20-40, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-6.3mm, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia diffusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001?:
Boltonia caroliniana   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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1946

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, and other artificially open areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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