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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chrysopsis gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-007:

Heterotheca gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Chrysopsis gossypina

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Chrysopsis longii

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

Chrysopsis arenicola

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

Chrysopsis decumbens

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

Chrysopsis pilosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster


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image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1207281503327725

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1223461228608802

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1369354453906122

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Alan S. Weakley    asw_559307986068460

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Will Stuart    wil_8442064468_4e57e0a101

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Distinctive "cottony" & nearly decumbent stem make this aster unmistakable. — Will Stuart

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_005

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Stems radiate - creeping - from a central point, the outer portions erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_006

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_007

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Nothing else in our area looks quite like this plant..., per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_010

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

C. mariana's flowers look similar, but its stems are erect & much less hairy, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_046

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_047

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_048

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

JK Marlow    jkm161001_049

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Inhabits dry to very dry longleaf pinelands and turkey oak scrub, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_gossypina_4

October        

image of Chrysopsis gossypina, Woolly Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Goldenaster, Gossamer Goldenaster, Cottony Goldenaster

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_chrysopsis_gossypina

October        

More or less densely woolly hairy, except sometime not on involucral bracts, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chrysopsis gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-007:
Heterotheca gossypina   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Chrysopsis gossypina

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chrysopsis longii

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysopsis arenicola

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2096

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, coastal dunes, Florida scrub, other dry sandy places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream/Brown
Achene

 

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