Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis aspera
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Silkgrass, Sticky Goldenaster, Grassleaf Goldenaster
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis aspera var. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis aspera
3162
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown/Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p178
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p106
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p196?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p059
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