Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia obovata var. obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marshallia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia obovata var. obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Marshallia obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-003a:
Marshallia obovata var. obovata FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia obovata
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons
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Alan S. Weakley asw_174717871739867
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
The tubular flowers are white with conspicuous lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1953448858321575
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Flowers in a solitary 1.25" head terminating the naked portion of the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_3456048128057455
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Alan S. Weakley asw_759160645738836
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmobovata_4bjo
April-May?
Within each Asteraceae head the sequence of flowering is centripetal: outer flowers bloom first, per Britannica.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmobovata_5bjo
April-May?
Leaves typically in basal clusters, with up to 10 stem leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_marshallia_obovata
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_marshallia_obovata_11
May
Members of this genus are glandular-dotted perennials w a peduncle over 5cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_marshallia_obovata_3
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia obovata var. obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia obovata var. obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Marshallia obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-003a:
Marshallia obovata var. obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia obovata
2703
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Clay flats, woodland borders, dry woodlands, sandy riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p117
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p295
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p219
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p179
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p128
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p101
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p365
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p189
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