Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astranthium integrifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astranthium integrifolium ssp. integrifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astranthium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Astranthium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Astranthium integrifolium var. integrifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Astranthium integrifolium
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Western-daisy, Entireleaf Western-daisy
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Leaves mostly spatulate below, linear to elliptic above, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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April
Flower heads from 0.7-1.4" wide, with 8-30 white rays tinged with lavender, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astranthium integrifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astranthium integrifolium ssp. integrifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astranthium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Astranthium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Astranthium integrifolium var. integrifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Astranthium integrifolium
3587
Forb
Annual/Biennial?
Habitat: limestone glades, barrens, rocky woodlands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Most leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 8-30 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p278
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p327
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