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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-77-001:
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
COMMON NAME:
Woolly-white, Southeastern Woollywhite, Old Plainsman
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyca14_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. scabiosaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-77-001:
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
2557
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and adjacent sandy fields, other open dry areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
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LEAVES:
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Blackish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p235
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p298
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p092
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