OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

Your search found 179 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with ONLY DISC flowers, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

                       

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camera icon Common Name: Southern Maritime Marsh-elder, Southern Bigleaf Marsh-elder

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iva frutescens var. frutescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Iva frutescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva frutescens 179-01-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Brackish marshes and marsh edges, normally on the back side of barrier islands

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northern Maritime Marsh-elder

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iva frutescens var. oraria   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Iva frutescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva frutescens 179-01-001?   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Brackish marshes and marsh edges, normally on the back side of barrier islands

Rare in NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Seashore Elder, Dune Marsh-elder, Seacoast Marsh-elder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iva imbricata   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iva imbricata   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva imbricata 179-01-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Dunes, upper beach, island-end flats

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sumpweed, Rough Marsh-elder, Annual Marsh-elder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iva annua   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iva annua   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iva annua 179-01-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Fields, especially bottomlands, disturbed places; in the eastern and inland part of area probably introduced (by native Americans) from farther west

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Giant Ragweed, Great Ragweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ambrosia trifida var. trifida   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ambrosia trifida var. trifida   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ambrosia trifida 179-02-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Floodplains, moist pastures, disturbed ground

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Annual Ragweed, Common Ragweed, Hogweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ambrosia artemisiifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ambrosia artemisiifolia +   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ambrosia artemisiifolia 179-02-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, gardens, disturbed soils, thin soils on rock outcrops

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Outcrop Ragweed, Flatrock Ragweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ambrosia porcheri   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: In shallow soil mats on granitic domes

Rare (apparently endemic to the Piedmont Blue Ridge escarpment region of northwest SC)

Native to South Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Savanna Indian-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arnoglossum ovatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum ovatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia lanceolata 179-18-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, especially over coquina limestone ("marl")

Common in GA (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Broadleaf Indian-plantain, Ovateleaf Indian-plantain, Ovateleaf Cacalia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arnoglossum ovatum var. ovatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum ovatum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, bay forests, moist or wet forests

Uncommon

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Variable-leaf Indian-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arnoglossum diversifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum diversifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Calcareous swamps, calcareous hydric hammocks

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Indian-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arnoglossum atriplicifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum atriplicifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia atriplicifolia 179-18-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Mesic forests, open woodlands and woodland edges, clearings, prairies, meadows

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: Great Indian-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnoglossum reniforme   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia muhlenbergii 179-18-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Cove forests, floodplains, other mesic forests

Common in NC & GA Mountains, rare in SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Sweet-scented Indian-plantain, Sweet Indian-plantain, false Indian plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hasteola suaveolens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hasteola suaveolens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cacalia suaveolens 179-18-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Sandy bottomlands, low rich forests, and riverbanks

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Salmon Tasselflower, Cupid’s-shaving-brush

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Emilia fosbergii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Emilia fosbergii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, flower beds, landscaping

Rare in GA (waifs in the Carolinas)

Non-native: Old World tropics

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Senecio vulgaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Senecio vulgaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio vulgaris 179-19-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas

Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rugel's Ragwort, Rugelia, Rugel's Indian-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rugelia nudicaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rugelia nudicaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio rugelia 179-19-010   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: High elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places downslope into northern hardwood forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fireweed, American Burnweed, Pilewort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Erechtites hieraciifolius   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erechtites hieracifolia 179-20-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: In disturbed soil in nearly all habitats except the extremely xeric, present in most parts of the modern (beat-up) landscape at least as seedlings, liable to turn up at the smallest disturbance (such as small tree-fall tip-up mounds or campfires, even in large natural areas), most abundant in areas extensively disturbed or scarified by timber-harvest, bulldozing, or severe fire

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Redflower Ragleaf, Thickhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crassocephalum crepidioides   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

(?) PLANTS National Database: Crassocephalum crepidioides   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pine rocklands, rockland hammocks, disturbed areas

Non-native: Africa

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bachelor's Buttons, Cornflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cyanus segetum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea cyanus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea cyanus 179-24-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spotted Knapweed, Bushy Knapweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea maculosa 179-24-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in NC, rare in GA & SC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blessed Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea benedicta   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cnicus benedictus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centaurea benedicta 179-24-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA-NC-SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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Common Name: Russian Knapweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhaponticum repens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Acroptilon repens   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Tumble Knapweed, White-flowered Knapweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Maltese Star-thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea melitensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea melitensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, eastwards as a ballast and mill waif (waste areas near wool-combing mills, ballast near old seaports)

Waif(s)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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Common Name: Black Knapweed, Spanish-buttons

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea nigra   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea nigra   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Rare in NC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bull Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium vulgare   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium vulgare   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus lanceolatus 179-25-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Meadows, pastures, and disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: LeConte's Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus lecontei 179-25-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs

Rare (historically in GA, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Yellow Thistle, Purple Thistle, Bristle Thistle, Horrid Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus spinosissimus 179-25-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Roadsides, woodlands, pine savannas

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Field Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium discolor   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium discolor   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus discolor 179-25-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, woodlands, thickets

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium altissimum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium altissimum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus altissimus 179-25-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, woodlands, thickets

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Virginia Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium virginianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium virginianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus virginianus 179-25-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry pine savannas, bogs

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle, Prairie Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus carolinianus 179-25-008   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Prairies, open woodlands over mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Tall Thistle, Nuttall's Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium nuttallii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium nuttallii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus nuttallii 179-25-009   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, roadsides, pastures, wet hammocks, dry hammocks, prairies

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sandhill Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium repandum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium repandum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus repandus 179-25-010   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Sandhills, other dry sandy habitats

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Swamp Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium muticum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium muticum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus muticus 179-25-011   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Swamps, wet thickets, woodlands, seepage slopes, wet prairies, meadows

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Pasture Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium pumilum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium pumilum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus pumilus 179-25-012   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, thickets, and woodlands, perhaps especially over mafic rocks

Uncommon in NC, rare in SC

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Canada Thistle, Field Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cirsium arvense   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cirsium arvense   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus arvensis 179-25-013   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Nodding Thistle, Musk Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carduus nutans   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carduus nutans   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus nutans 179-25-014   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

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

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carduus acanthoides   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carduus acanthoides 179-25-015   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures

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

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Blessed Milk-thistle, Blessed-thistle, Milk-thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silybum marianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silybum marianum   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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Common Name: Greater Burdock

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arctium lappa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arctium lappa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arctium lappa 179-26-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Fields and roadsides

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arctium minus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arctium minus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arctium minus 179-26-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, barnyards, roadsides, other disturbed areas

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

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Stemless Ironweed, Carolina Ironweed, Flatwoods Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia acaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia acaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia acaulis 179-27-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine flatwoods, moist ecotones, and moister sandhill situations, in the Piedmont in dry rocky woodlands, hardpan woodlands, bluffs, and barrens

Common in Carolinas, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Georgia Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vernonia ×georgiana   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia ×georgiana [acaulis × angustifolia]   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia ×georgiana 179-27-001?   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia 179-27-003a   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Georgia Sandhill Ironweed, Georgia Slender Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima 179-27-003b   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia glauca   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia glauca   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia glauca 179-27-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, bottomlands, streamsides

Common in Carolina Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare in Coastal Plain & NC Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: New York Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia noveboracensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia noveboracensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia noveboracensis 179-27-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, bottomlands, streamsides

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Ironweed, Common Ironweed, Giant Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia gigantea   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vernonia altissima 179-27-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pastures, bottomlands, streamsides

Common in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tennessee Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia flaccidifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vernonia flaccidifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Upland deciduous forests and woodlands, woodland borders

Common in GA Mountains (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vernonia lettermanii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) PLANTS National Database: Vernonia lettermannii   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Gravel bars

Native: Western US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Leafy Elephant's Foot, Carolina Elephant's Foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Elephantopus carolinianus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus carolinianus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus carolinianus 179-28-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests and woodlands

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Elephant's Foot, Upland Elephant's Foot, Woodland Elephant's Foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Elephantopus tomentosus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus tomentosus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus tomentosus 179-28-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Woodlands and woodland borders, usually fairly dry

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Coastal Plain Elephant's Foot, Smooth Elephant's Foot, Savanna Elephant's Foot, Pineland Elephant's Foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Elephantopus nudatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus nudatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus nudatus 179-28-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Woodlands and woodland borders, wet pine flatwoods, mesic pine flatwoods

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Southern Elephant's Foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Elephantopus elatus 179-28-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods and longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Sclerolepis, Pink bogbutton

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sclerolepis uniflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sclerolepis uniflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sclerolepis uniflora 179-29-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: In shallow water (later sometimes stranded on shore by dropping water levels) of clay-based Carolina bays, natural lake shores, blackwater stream shores and swamps, in seepage wetlands including sea-level fens

Uncommon in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dense Blazing-star, Mountain Blazing-star, Florist's Gayfeather, Dense Gayfeather

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris spicata   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris spicata var. spicata   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris spicata var. spicata 179-30-001a   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Prairies (calcareous), roadsides, seepages, bogs, grassy balds

Common (uncommon in SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Prairie Blazing-star

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris pycnostachya +   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liatris pycnostachya   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris resinosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris spicata var. resinosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris spicata var. resinosa 179-30-001b   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet longleaf pine savannas, seepages

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Blazing-star, Smallhead Blazing-star

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris microcephala   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris microcephala   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris microcephala 179-30-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae__

 

Habitat: Outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss), barrens, prairies

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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