OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus glaucophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Helianthus glaucophyllus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-017:

Helianthus glaucophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Whiteleaf Sunflower


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image of Helianthus glaucophyllus, Whiteleaf Sunflower

JK Marlow    jkm100730_213

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Ray florets 5-8; laminae 12-14 mm (abaxial faces not gland-dotted), per Flora of North America.

image of Helianthus glaucophyllus, Whiteleaf Sunflower

JK Marlow    jkm100730_216

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves glabrous and glaucous beneath, 10-25cm long, 3-8cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus glaucophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-017:
Helianthus glaucophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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648

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, woodlands, and woodland edges, at medium elevations, mostly from 1000-1500 m (but sometimes lower), generally flowering only when in a canopy gap (as caused by a tree-fall) or along banks of narrow roads, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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