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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Leopard's-bane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arnica acaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Arnica acaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arnica acaulis
COMMON NAME:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arac3_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_8422866763_e1e4a681d8
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
A branched inflorescence has up to about 30 flower heads, each w 10-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_901162260949640
May NC
Roadside
Leaves nearly all basal, with prominent subparallel veins, faces hirsute and stipitate-glandular, per Flora of North America.
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10216398185243272
June
Nutlets black, tapered from base to apex, slightly prismatic; pappus yellowish-white, capillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arnica acaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arnica acaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:
Arnica acaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arnica acaulis
1984
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, clayey or sandy oak and oak-pine woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaves sessile
Margins mostly entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p168
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p259
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p364
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p390
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p295
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p133
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