OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Arnoglossum reniforme

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

Arnoglossum reniforme

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Arnoglossum muehlenbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-003:

Cacalia muhlenbergii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Cacalia muhlenbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mesadenia reniformis

 

COMMON NAME:
Great Indian-plantain


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image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mere5_001_lvd

        

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

JK Marlow    jkm120330_290

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Green grooved [ribbed] stems (vs. C. atriplicifolia's glaucous round stems), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

JK Marlow    jkm120330_299

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves palmately veined, reniform, shallowly lobed, dentate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Heads to 1/4" wide with 5 tubular disk florets, each with 5 tightly curled corolla lobes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh3

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh4

June    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_27

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

The very large, reniform leaves are conspicuous in rich cove forests, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_34

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

JK Marlow    jkm090707_087

July    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves green beneath [vs. glaucous in A. atriplicifolium], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh2

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Arnoglossum reniforme, Great Indian-plantain

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cacmuh5

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arnoglossum reniforme

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arnoglossum muehlenbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-18-003:
Cacalia muhlenbergii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cacalia muhlenbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mesadenia reniformis

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: cove forests, floodplains, other mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC & GA Mountains, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Larger leaves palmately veined
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown/Blackish
Achene

 

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