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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 radula   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus radula   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Helianthus radula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-001:

Helianthus radula   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Helianthus radula

 

COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Sunflower, Rayless Sunflower


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image of Helianthus radula, Roundleaf Sunflower, Rayless Sunflower

Alan S. Weakley    asw_552542783674310

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

A rosette of orbicular to nearly round leaves, borne flat against the ground, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Helianthus radula, Roundleaf Sunflower, Rayless Sunflower

Keith Bradley    kab_h_radula_4821

November    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Ray flowers absent; disc flowers purplish-red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helianthus radula, Roundleaf Sunflower, Rayless Sunflower

Keith Bradley    kab_h_radula_4826

November    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus radula   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-001:
Helianthus radula   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3972

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dryish savannas, and dry pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA, uncommon in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low opposite
Petioles winged

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-red
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile

Flower heads solitary and terminal

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Nutlet

 

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