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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Erigeron at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-002:
Erigeron philadelphicus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron philadelphicus
COMMON NAME:
Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Philadelphia-daisy, Common Fleabane
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2033
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2035
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110417_047
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Stem leaves alternate, with bases clasping the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm110417_051
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Stem leaves clasping, oblong to ovate, usually toothed, reduced upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160422_088
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160422_091
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lower stem hirsuto-villous/villous, upper loosely strigose/sparsely hirsute, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1601
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Heads 0.5-1.0" across, numerous, each w usually more than 150 ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_philadelphicus_5321
April Caldwell County NC
Pisgah National Forest
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_040421atlanta26
April Fulton County GA
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_040421atlanta28
April Fulton County GA
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_041121atlanta15
April Fulton County GA
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3463
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140603_416
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm140603_421
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Stems leafy to arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmephiladelphicus_ab1
Month Unknown Alleghaney County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-002:
Erigeron philadelphicus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron philadelphicus
527
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, meadows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Lavender/White
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 150-400 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p147
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p050
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p186
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p184
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p115
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p290
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p262
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p076
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p293
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p341
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p214
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