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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia legrandii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia legrandii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia legrandii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004?:
Marshallia grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttons
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Alan S. Weakley asw_198524876421970
May Granville County NC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_809104497508086
May Granville County NC
Apex of outer well-developed phyllaries acute to obtuse, outer surface w abundant resin glands, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Will Stuart wil_7215059316_4d432b27b9
May Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Flower heads solitary, corollas medium pink, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia legrandii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia legrandii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia legrandii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004?:
Marshallia grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3559
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: diabase barrens and fire-maintained woodlands over greenstone, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Achene
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