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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysogonum repens   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon

INCLUDED WITHIN Chrysogonum (Asteraceae) revisited again (Nesom, 2020)

Chrysogonum repens

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

Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-56-001b:

Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chrysogonum australe

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Green-and-gold


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image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

Harry Davis    hld322_a

February-March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Flowers have 5 broad, fertile yellow rays up to 1/2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Harry Davis    hld322_b

February-March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

The 25-50 disc florets are functionally staminate, per Flora of North America.

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

JK Marlow    jkm0403b_11

March    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

It begins to bloom early in the Spring before foliage attains full size, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

Jose Villa    jov_031123_1558

March    Oconee County    SC

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

JK Marlow    jkm070407_056

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm080405_029

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

The hairy leaves are long-petioled, with ovate, scalloped blades, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

JK Marlow    jkm080405_034

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190412_7210

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm190412_7254

April    Rabun County    GA

Plants colonial, forming mats by stolons, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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JK Marlow    jkm220419_7033

April    Pickens County    SC

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

Keith Bradley    kab_c_virg_brevistol_1229

April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

Keith Bradley    kab_c_virg_brevistol_5446

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_virginianums_b

April        

Laminae [blades] of the rays broadly elliptic, with 3-toothed apices, per Flora of North America.

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Tim Spira    tps_cvirginianum2

April        

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JK Marlow    jkm170507_706

May    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District Visitors Center

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

JK Marlow    jkm170507_707

May    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District Visitors Center

image of Chrysogonum repens, Carolina Green-and-gold

JK Marlow    jkm200502_4537

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Earliest flowering stems leafless; later ones leafy; longest stolon internodes 2-6cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Chuck Hubbuch    chk_080823_0796

August    Pickens County    SC

in cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm131029_151

October    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Late October!

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysogonum repens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon

INCLUDED WITHIN Chrysogonum (Asteraceae) revisited again (Nesom, 2020)
Chrysogonum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-56-001b:
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysogonum australe

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, common in Piedmont of GA & SC, common in SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants stoloniferous, stolons usually above ground

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 5(6) ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black/Brown
Achene

 

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