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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Facelis retusa

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

Facelis retusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-38-001:

Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Facelis apiculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Trampweed, Fluffweed


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JK Marlow    jkm160130_118

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm160130_119

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm160130_121b

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm200310_3103

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm140411_814

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Underside of leaves white-woolly, summit mucronate and nearly truncate, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm140411_816

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves numerous, ascending, linear-spatulate, upper green & nearly glabrous, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

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JK Marlow    jkm140411_819

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves often revolute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Keith Bradley    kab_facelis_retusa_0183

April    Lexington County    SC

Inner involucral bracts w 2 convergent purplish spots below the hyaline apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_facelis_retusa_3

April    Catawba County    NC

Stem freely branched at base, decumbent at base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_facelis_retusa_4333

April    Catawba County    NC

Pappus of strongly plumose capillary bristles well surpassing the corollas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

John B. Nelson    jbn_7188349298_ffd8022582

May    Laurens County    SC

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John B. Nelson    jbn_7188351454_891d723def

May    Laurens County    SC

Pappus bristles white, plumose [feathery], 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200505_4606

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm200505_4621

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4795

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4796

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_facelis_retusa_0168

May    Catawba County    NC

image of Facelis retusa, Trampweed, Fluffweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_facelis_retusa_6714

June    Catawba County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Facelis retusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Facelis retusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-38-001:
Facelis retusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Facelis apiculata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2033

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southern South America

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Whitish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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