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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Verbesina virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-004b:

Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phaethusa laciniata

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Frostweed


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image of Verbesina virginica var. laciniata, Southern Frostweed

Keith Bradley    kab_v_virginica_76650

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Camp Owaissa Bauer

image of Verbesina virginica var. laciniata, Southern Frostweed

Keith Bradley    kab_v_virginica_76661

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Camp Owaissa Bauer

Ray flowers white, disc flowers white. Nutlet body dark brown, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Verbesina virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-004b:
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phaethusa laciniata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3105

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests and thickets, pine rocklands, rockland hammock edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & possibly North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple: Lobed or dissected
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: White
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Achene

 

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