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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus maximiliani   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus maximiliani

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-014:

Helianthus maximiliani   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helianthus maximiliani

 

COMMON NAME:
Maximilian Sunflower


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image of Helianthus maximilianii, Maximilian Sunflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hema2_001_lvd

        

image of Helianthus maximilianii, Maximilian Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_maximilianii

August        

The 10-25 ray flowers each 1.0-1.6" long. The disc yellow, 0.6-1.0" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Helianthus maximilianii, Maximilian Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_maximilianii_2

August        

Perennial 2-10' tall. The inflorescence tends to be long, with several heads, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Helianthus maximilianii, Maximilian Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_maximilianii_3

August        

image of Helianthus maximilianii, Maximilian Sunflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_maximilianii_3b

August        

Leaves conduplicate & entire, usually with only a single prominent main vein, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus maximiliani   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus maximiliani

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-014:
Helianthus maximiliani   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus maximiliani

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3638

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, or the lowermost opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate but sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown to black
Achene

 

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