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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pityopsis graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)

Pityopsis microcephala

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

Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Chrysopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Chrysopsis graminifolia var. microcephala

INCLUDED WITHIN A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)

Heterotheca microcephala var. microcephala

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-003b?:

Heterotheca nervosa var. microcephala   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Pityopsis microcephala

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Heterotheca graminifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster


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image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chgr14_001_lvd

        

image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Carrie Hannah Penn    chp_p_graminifolia_flower

August    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain Park

Its sericeous peduncles, small involucre, and reduced distal cauline leaves...

image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Carrie Hannah Penn    chp_p_graminifolia_plant

August    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain Park

... are similar to var. tenuifolia, per Flora of North America.

image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

Carrie Hannah Penn    chp_p_graminifolia_whole

August    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain Park

Stem leaves reduced upwards, only slightly overlapping; lower lvs to 20mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm181110_5678

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm181110_5679

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

image of Pityopsis graminifolia, Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Grassleaf Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm181110_5681

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Small-headed... Phyllaries all similar, linear-triangular, evenly imbricate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis microcephala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis graminifolia var. microcephala

INCLUDED WITHIN A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca microcephala var. microcephala

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-003b?:
Heterotheca nervosa var. microcephala   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

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Heterotheca graminifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3511

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC)

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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
Achene

 

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