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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia obovata var. obovata   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



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).

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

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).

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3456048128057455

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

Alan S. Weakley    asw_759160645738836

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmobovata_4bjo

April-May?        

Within each Asteraceae head the sequence of flowering is centripetal: outer flowers bloom first, per Britannica.

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

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).

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_marshallia_obovata

May        

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

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).

image of Marshallia obovata var. obovata, Piedmont Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-leaved Barbara's-buttons, Spoon-shaped Barbara's-buttons

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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