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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Carolina Doll's Daisy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Boltonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Boltonia caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic study of the genus Boltonia (Asteraceae) (Morgan, 1966)
Boltonia diffusa var. caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Doll's-daisy, Boltonia
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Alistair Glen gwn_boltoniacaroliniana
September Pender County NC
Growing Wild Nursery
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Alistair Glen gwn_boltoniacaroliniana2
September Pender County NC
Growing Wild Nursery
Ray florets 25-36, corollas white to lilac, laminae 3-7.5mm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Boltonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Boltonia caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-001:
Boltonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic study of the genus Boltonia (Asteraceae) (Morgan, 1966)
Boltonia diffusa var. caroliniana
215
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, ditches, roadsides, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & possibly Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p122
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p178
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