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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Erigeron at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-001:
Erigeron pulchellus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron pulchellus
COMMON NAME:
Robin's Plantain
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1692
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_erigeron_pulchellus
March
Robin's Plantain is one of the earliest composites to bloom, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_454
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Involucral bracts densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170414_654
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7435
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7436
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3510
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Usually 2-5 flower heads with 50-100 ray flowers terminating a hairy stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm080504_064
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A stoloniferous, hairy plant with oblanceolate, scalloped basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm080504_070
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080504_072
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Above the basal leaves, a few small alternate leaves with clasping bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_erigeron_pulchellus_2
May
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JK Marlow jkm131029_105
October Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmepulchellus_sta11
Month Unknown Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Flower heads about an inch across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-001:
Erigeron pulchellus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron pulchellus
528
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slopes, coves, limestone bluffs, trail margins, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Lavender/White
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 50-100 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p148
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p126
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p030
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p145
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p177
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p169
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p438
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p115
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p64
- 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) p342
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p369
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p213
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