NameThatPlant.net: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum

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

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-41-001:

Pterocaulon pycnostachyum FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Black Snakeroot, Dense-spike Blackroot, Pineland Wingstem

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-41-001:
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum FAMILY Asteraceae__

1957

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Discoid flowers very small
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-brown
Achene

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