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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus paniculatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Carphephorus paniculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-31-002:

Trilisa paniculata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trilisa paniculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa


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image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trpa7_001_lvd

        

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Will Stuart    wil_t_paniculata_1048

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

An open savanna in mid-September after a spring burn.

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Will Stuart    wil_t_paniculata_1050

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Will Stuart    wil_t_paniculata_1399

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Capitulescence a cylindrical thrysoid panicle [here w Palamedes Swallowtail], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Will Stuart    wil_t_paniculata_720

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Stems of T. paniculata are densely pubescent; T. odoratissima's are glabrous. — Will Stuart

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

JK Marlow    jkm081009_001

October    Dorchester County    SC

Stem leaves 30 or more, not to slightly clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

JK Marlow    jkm081009_004

October    Dorchester County    SC

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

JK Marlow    jkm081009_010

October    Dorchester County    SC

Leaves reminiscent of T. odoratissima, but narrower, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1859318994409425

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Trilisa paniculata, Deer's-tongue, Hairy Chaffhead, Panicled Chaffhead, Trilisa

Sharleen Johnson    shj_584780593411719

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carphephorus paniculatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Carphephorus paniculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-31-002:
Trilisa paniculata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trilisa paniculata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2746

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Lavender/Deep pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Black
Achene

 

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