Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Heterotheca at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissimum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Chrysopsis camporum var. glandulissima
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis villosa var. camporum
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis camporum
COMMON NAME:
Nashville Camphorweed, Lemon-yellow Goldenaster, Lemon-yellow False Goldenaster
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_camp_gland_9
August
Stems with coarse spreading hairs. Recently introduced to southeastern US, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissimum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Chrysopsis camporum var. glandulissima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis villosa var. camporum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis camporum
3729
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, shale roadsides, outcrops, and quarries, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA & NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p306
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p356
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