OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus porteri   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus porteri

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

Helianthus porteri

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

Viguiera porteri

 

COMMON NAME:
Confederate Daisy


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image of Helianthus porteri, Confederate Daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_helianthus_porteri

August        

Ray florets 7-8. Disc florets with yellow lobes. Anthers and appendages dark, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus porteri   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus porteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viguiera porteri

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3727

Forb
Annual

Habitat: In shallow soils over granite on low-elevation granite domes or flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia (introduced in NC)

Uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare elsewhere

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, or the lower opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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