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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus atrorubens   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus atrorubens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-005:

Helianthus atrorubens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helianthus atrorubens

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple-disk Sunflower, Hairy Wood Sunflower, Appalachian Sunflower


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_heat_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm060528_002

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm120728_984

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0167

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0169

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Related to the Ozarkian H. silphioides [Rosinweed Sunflower], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm230717_4458

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_26

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm120812_360

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm200808_6913

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm210807_2537

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm210812_2636

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Noticeably stiff hairs & stiff hairy leaves.

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Ron Lance    rwl_20230814_134429

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Flowers have reddish disk and are at the end of long naked branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Ron Lance    rwl_20230823_111658

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

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Ron Lance    rwl_20230823_111658_b

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Stems erect, proximally villous to strigoso-hispid, distally hispid or glabrate, per Flora of North America.

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Ron Lance    rwl_20230823_112637_2

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm080914_014

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Phyllaries broadly ovate to oblong, apices obtuse to acute, occ. mucronate, per Flora of North America.


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JK Marlow    jkm120908_369b

September    Greenville County    SC

Helianthus disc flowers have styles that are bifurcate [two-forked], per www.missouriplants.com

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JK Marlow    jkm180905_4570

September    Greenville County    SC

The disc florets mature from the outside in [centripetally].

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JK Marlow    jkm180906_4605

September    Greenville County    SC

This is the same flower head, one day later.

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JK Marlow    jkm210903_3321

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm220909_9832

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5308

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves basally disposed, the few leaves of the lower stem reduced upward, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_atrorubens_2b

September        

Disk flowers red or purple (at least in part), per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    s040901_b

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves rhombic to triangular-ovate, pubescent and scabrous on both sides, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s040901_c

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Petiole often > 1/3 as long as the blade, broadly winged toward the blade, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm231008_5891

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus atrorubens   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-005:
Helianthus atrorubens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus atrorubens

 

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645

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry soils of rocky, sandy, or clayey woodlands and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (reduced upward)

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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