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):
 Croptilon divaricatum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croptilon divaricatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-48-001:

Haplopappus divaricatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Scratch-daisy, Goldenweed, Slender Scratch-daisy

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croptilon divaricatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-48-001:
 Haplopappus divaricatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2749

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Sandy or otherwise dry soils of fields, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, and sand pine woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains)

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

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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