4469

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Oak savannas, barrens, woodland edges (roadsides), per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate

Alternate, often also basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences which are often interrupted (heads on short divergent lateral branches)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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