OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 50 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with ONLY RAY flowers, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Chicory, Blue-sailors, Succory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cichorium intybus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cichorium intybus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cichorium intybus 179-04-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, vacant lots, disturbed areas

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Non-native: Europe

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Nipplewort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lapsana communis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lapsana communis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lapsana communis 179-05-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Fields, forests, vacant lots, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nabalus autumnalis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes autumnalis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes autumnalis 179-06-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pocosins, pine savannas, forest edges

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: White Rattlesnake-root, Northern Rattlesnake-root, White Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus albus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes alba   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes alba ssp. alba 179-06-002a   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Forests, especially over calcareous substrates

Rare south and west of VA

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Gall-of-the-earth, Three-leaved Rattlesnake-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus trifoliolatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes trifoliolata   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes trifoliolata 179-06-002b & 003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Forests

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Roan Mountain Rattlesnake-root, Appalachian Rattlesnake-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus roanensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes roanensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes roanensis 179-06-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Mountain forests, grassy balds, at high elevations

Uncommon in NC Mountains

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Cylindrical Rattlesnake-root, Appalachian Rattlesnake-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus cylindricus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes roanensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes roanensis 179-06-004?   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Mountain forests, grassy balds, at moderate to high elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Rattlesnake-root, Tall White Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus altissimus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes altissima   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes altissima 179-06-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Forests

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lion's-foot Rattlesnake-root, Gall-of-the-Earth

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus serpentaria   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes serpentaria   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prenanthes serpentaria 179-06-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Forests

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Barbed Rattlesnake-root, Flatwoods Rattlesnake-root, Prairie Lion’s-foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nabalus barbatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prenanthes barbata   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Limestone glades, calcareous barrens, and calcareous oak flatwoods

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Prickly Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca serriola   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca serriola   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca scariola 179-07-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed ground, pastures

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Willowleaf Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca saligna   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca saligna   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca saligna 179-07-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed ground, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils

Rare or waif(s) in GA-NC-SC; more common northward

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca canadensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca canadensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca canadensis 179-07-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed ground

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Red Wood Lettuce, Downy Lettuce, Hairy Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca hirsuta   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lactuca hirsuta var. sanguinea   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca hirsuta 179-07-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry, sandy woodlands, forest edges

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Coastal Plain Lettuce, Slender Wild Lettuce, Grassleaf Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca graminifolia 179-07-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic pine-oak woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, sandy fields, and sandy roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Blue Lettuce, Blue Wood Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lactuca biennis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca biennis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca biennis 179-07-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, forest edges, thickets

Common in NC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woodland Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca floridana   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lactuca floridana var. floridana   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lactuca floridana 179-07-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Mesic and dry-mesic forests

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Garden Lettuce

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lactuca sativa   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lactuca sativa   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Cultivated throughout our area in home gardens and commercially, rarely weakly persistent, common as a cultivated plant, rare as a short-lived waif

Waif(s)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Field Sowthistle, Perennial Sowthistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sonchus arvensis var. glabrescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sonchus arvensis ssp. uliginosus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sonchus arvensis 179-08-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare in NC Mountains (waifs in SC Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Field Sowthistle, Perennial Sowthistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sonchus arvensis var. arvensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Prickly Sowthistle, Spiny-leaf Sowthistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sonchus asper   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sonchus asper   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sonchus asper 179-08-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, pastures, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Annual Sowthistle, Common Sowthistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sonchus oleraceus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sonchus oleraceus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sonchus oleraceus 179-08-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, pastures, disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, rare in NC Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Hawkweed Oxtongue, Bitterweed, Cat's-ear

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Picris hieracioides   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Picris hieracioides 179-09-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mouse-ear Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pilosella officinarum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Hieracium pilosella var. pilosella   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium pilosella 179-10-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Whiplash Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pilosella flagellaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium ×flagellare var. flagellare   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush, Orange King-devil

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pilosella aurantiaca   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium aurantiacum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium aurantiacum 179-10-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Field Hawkweed, Yellow King-devil, Meadow Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pilosella caespitosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium caespitosum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium pratense 179-10-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pastures, fields, roadsides, grassy balds

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Glaucous King-devil, Smooth Hawkweed, Tall Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pilosella piloselloides   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Hieracium piloselloides   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium florentinum 179-10-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides

Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rattlesnake Hawkweed, Rattlesnake Weed, Veiny Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hieracium venosum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium venosum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium venosum 179-10-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Leafy Hawkweed, Panicled Hawkweed, Allegheny Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium paniculatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium paniculatum 179-10-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, especially along dirt roads

Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Maryland Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hieracium marianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium marianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium ×marianum 179-10-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Hawkweed, Beaked Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hieracium gronovii   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hieracium gronovii   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium gronovii 179-10-008   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry forests and woodlands, woodland margins, roadsides

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Rough Hawkweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hieracium scabrum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Hieracium scabrum var. scabrum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hieracium scabrum 179-10-009   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry forests, woodland margins, roadsides

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Asiatic Hawksbeard, Youngia, Japanese Crepis, Oriental False Hawksbeard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Youngia japonica   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Youngia japonica   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crepis japonica 179-11-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Flowerbeds, suburban woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, trail edges, hammocks, rocky woodlands, floodplains

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Non-native: southeast Asia

 


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Common Name: Smallflower Hawksbeard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crepis pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crepis pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crepis pulchra 179-11-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Smooth Hawksbeard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crepis capillaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crepis capillaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crepis capillaris 179-11-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in NC Mountains (rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Brazilian Cat's-ear

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypochaeris chillensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

(?) PLANTS National Database: Hypochaeris brasiliensis var. tweediei   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypochoeris elata 179-13-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, other disturbed places

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Mountains

Non-native: South America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Cat's-ear, Spotted Cat's-ear, Cat's Ear Dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypochaeris radicata   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypochaeris radicata   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypochoeris radicata 179-13-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Smooth Cat's-ear

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypochaeris glabra   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypochaeris glabra   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypochoeris glabra 179-13-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Piedmont of GA & NC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Vegetable-oyster, Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tragopogon dubius   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tragopogon dubius   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tragopogon dubius 179-14-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, other disturbed places

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Purple Salsify, Vegetable-oyster, Oyster Plant, Purple Goat’s-beard

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tragopogon porrifolius   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tragopogon porrifolius   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tragopogon porrifolius 179-14-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields

Rare or waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Orange Dwarf-dandelion, Two-flower Dwarf-dandelion, Two-flower Cynthia, Twin-flowered Cynthia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Krigia biflora ssp. biflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

(?) PLANTS National Database: Krigia biflora var. biflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Krigia biflora 179-15-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Rich, moist forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Dwarf-dandelion, Mountain Cynthia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Krigia montana   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Krigia montana   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Krigia montana 179-15-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Cliffs and rock outcrops at medium to high elevations

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Colonial Dwarf-dandelion, Potato Dwarf-dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Krigia dandelion   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Krigia dandelion   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Krigia dandelion 179-15-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides, wet prairies, low damp meadows, disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Virginia Dwarf-dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Krigia virginica   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Krigia virginica   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Krigia virginica 179-15-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Rocky woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Opposite-leaf Dwarf-dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Krigia cespitosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Krigia caespitosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Krigia oppositifolia 179-15-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed places

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. carolinianus 179-16-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows, fields

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Red-seeded Dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Taraxacum erythrospermum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Taraxacum laevigatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Taraxacum erythrospermum 179-17-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, pastures, other disturbed sites

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Dandelion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Taraxacum officinale   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Taraxacum officinale 179-17-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, urban areas, pastures, disturbed areas, trailsides, less commonly in a variety of less disturbed habitats

Common

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Rose-rush, Flowering Straw, Florida Skeletonplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodesmia aphylla   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodesmia aphylla   FAMILY: Asteraceae_

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Common in GA Coastal Plain

Native to Georgia

 


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"I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall stems, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too-well-tended lawn." — William Henry Hudson, author and naturalist (1841-1922)