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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Marshallia grandiflora   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia grandiflora   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Marshallia grandiflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004:

Marshallia grandiflora   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Marshallia grandiflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Barbara's-buttons, Large-flowered Barbara's-buttons, Monongahela Barbara's-buttons, Appalachian Barbara's-buttons


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image of Marshallia grandiflora, Blue Ridge Barbara's-buttons, Large-flowered Barbara's-buttons, Monongahela Barbara's-buttons, Appalachian Barbara's-buttons

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_magr7_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marshallia grandiflora   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Marshallia grandiflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-72-004:
Marshallia grandiflora   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

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917

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Habitat uncertain: "borders of swamp", "damp soil", "dry soil", per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Presumed extinct

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer
Brownish
Achene

 

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