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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Walter's Wingstem at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Verbesina walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-001:
Verbesina walteri FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ridan paniculata
COMMON NAME:
Walter's Wingstem, Carolina Crownbeard, Walter's Crownbeard
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4481
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves are alternate, narrowly elliptic, tapering to both ends, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4482
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Roxanna Martin rlm052009_038
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf tissue forms narrow wings on leaf stalk and down the stem, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0506
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves up to 8" long with pointed tips, tapering bases, & toothed edges, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0623
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210824_2976
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Betsy George bmg091911_0312
September Greenville County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1218
September Greenville County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3315
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220908_9761
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_136
September Spartanburg County SC
Flower cluster large and open, with 10-100 flower heads, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_137
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_141
September Spartanburg County SC
Flower heads with many white tubular disk flowers, no ray flowers, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Roxanna Martin rlm102111_256
October Spartanburg County SC
Fruit oval, hairy, black with pale brown wings & 2 bristle-like awns, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Verbesina walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-001:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ridan paniculata
2301
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: floodplains, low moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
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