OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melanthera nivea   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melanthera nivea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Melanthera nivea

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

Melanthera nivea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-67-001:

Melanthera hastata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthera deltoidea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthera hastata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthera ligulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem


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image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Will Stuart    wil_10036814715

September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Disk florets bisexual, 30-100+ [ray florets absent], per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Will Stuart    wil_10036837016_b

September        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmnivea_2121

Month Unknown        

image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmnivea_2122

Month Unknown        

image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmnivea_dogswamp2

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Melanthera nivea, Snowy Black-anthers, Snow Squarestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmnivea_dogswamp4

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Lf blades usually ovate, sometimes deltate or 3-lobed, rarely lance-elliptic, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melanthera nivea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melanthera nivea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Melanthera nivea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-67-001:
Melanthera hastata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthera deltoidea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthera hastata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthera ligulata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2704

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: calcareous outcrops, sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Achene

 

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