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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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pityopsis pinifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Pityopsis pinifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomic synopsis of Pityopsis (Asteraceae) (Nesom, 2019)
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
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)
Pityopsis pinifolia
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills 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.
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.
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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.