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):
Marshallia graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Marshallia graminifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-001:

Marshallia graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Marshallia laciniarioides

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Marshallia williamsonii

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons


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image of Marshallia graminifolia, Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmm_graminifolia

August        

Lvs basally disposed, either all below stem midpoint or upper markedly smaller, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Marshallia graminifolia, Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmgraminifolia_2

August        

Leaves up to 10" long and about 5/8" wide, with an evidently 3-nerved blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Marshallia graminifolia, Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons

Will Stuart    wil_9506517840_7aaa7777fe

August    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Flowers all discoid, long-tubular with lobes about half as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Marshallia graminifolia, Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmgraminifolia_echaw1

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Members of this genus are glandular-dotted perennials w a peduncle over 5cm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Marshallia graminifolia, Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmgraminifolia_echaw2

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Marshallia graminifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-001:
Marshallia graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia laciniarioides

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marshallia williamsonii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

916

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Usually pale lavender to purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Achene

 

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