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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Stem leaves look like pine needles and are not nearly as silvery-silky as our other Pityopsis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-005:
Heterotheca pinifolia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis pinifolia
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Goldenaster, Taylor County Goldenaster, Taylor County Silkgrass
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Alan Cressler alc_6259267266
October Taylor County
Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area
The epithet pinifolia means "with leaves like a pine tree", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
Grass-leaved Golden-asters
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Alan Cressler alc_6259268276
October Taylor County GA
Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area
Leaves and stem glabrate, not silky pubescent; leaves 0.8-1.5mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pityopsis_pinifolia_4
October
The numerous narrowly linear leaves distinguish it from our other Pityopsis, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan Cressler alc_4091338925
November Taylor County GA
Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area
Rays yellow, 10-20, 1-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Chrysopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A biosystematic study of Heterotheca section Pityopsis (Bowers, 1972)
Heterotheca pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-51-005:
Heterotheca pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pityopsis pinifolia
3049
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p179
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p231
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p310
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p269
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p109
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p324
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