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Plantainleaf Pussytoes,
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Stolons leafy-bracteate, producing new rosettes at their apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Plantainleaf Pussytoes,
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Female plants have white-tipped involucral bracts with a purplish base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Fragrant Rabbit-tobacco,
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Flowers whitish to pale yellow, bracts white woolly hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Wandering Cudweed,
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Spatulate to oblanceolate bracts among proximal heads surpassing glomerules, per Flora of North America.
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Silverling,
Baccharis halimifolia
Involucres mostly in pedunculate glomerules; bracts imbricate, often purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Robin's Plantain,
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
Involucral bracts densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Eastern Doll's-daisy,
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
Leaves elliptic to linear, very variable in size, merging into bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Toothed Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus caespitosus
Involucres narrowly campanulate to cylindric, upper bracts usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus linifolius
Involucral bracts whitish with green tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus tortifolius
Bracts at base of flowerheads distinctly green-tipped; 2-5 white ray flowers, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Large-leaf Aster,
Eurybia macrophylla
Bracts lt green, oblong to oblanceolate, dark green ascending apex, stipitate-glandular, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Heartleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Bract tips dark green. — Ron Lance
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White Arrowleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Involucral bracts with green band along midrib for nearly their entire length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Bracts pale with green diamond-shaped band near apex or along entire midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Low Showy Aster,
Eurybia spectabilis
Bracts green, acute, squarrose, pubescent, glandular and ciliate, the outer foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Creeping Aster,
Eurybia surculosa
The involucral bracts are spreading but [unlike Symphyotrichum retroflexum] not recurved, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Eryngo-leaved Aster,
Eurybia eryngiifolia
A conspicuous rounded involucre of green bracts, per East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2005).
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Big-headed Aster,
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
A many-headed panicle with numerous small bracteal leaves. Heads w 20-30 rays, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Big-headed Aster,
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
Blossoms and bud detail showing distinct bracts and bracteal leaves. — Will Stuart
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Purplestem Aster,
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
Involucres hemispheric to campanulate; bracts green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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New York Aster,
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. elodes
A portion of the infloresence showing distinct reflexed bracts & stem leaves. — Will Stuart
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New York Aster,
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. elodes
A simple blossom showing both phylaries and reflexed bracts. — Will Stuart
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Curtis's Aster,
Symphyotrichum retroflexum
Readily recognized by the green, leafy, strongly recurved, involucral bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Climbing Aster,
Ampelaster carolinianus
Involucral bracts whitish, green with dark green foliaceous apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Climbing Aster,
Ampelaster carolinianus
Narrow green and white bracts surround the cylindrical base of each head, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Eastern Silvery Aster,
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
Involucres turbinate to hemispheric; bracts whitish with green apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Stiffleaf Aster,
Ionactis linariifolia
Bracts around the head are whitish with a green midrib or all green, appressed, rough-margined, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Frost Aster,
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Inflorescence a diffuse panicle w many small sharp-pointed bract-like leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Frost Aster,
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the apex acicular [needle-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Calico Aster,
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Involucres turbinate; bracts whitish with green midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Small White Oldfield Aster,
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. subdumosum
Bracts ... are longer than those of S. dumosum and acute to sharply pointed, not blunt to acute, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Bushy Aster,
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
Inflorescence a loose panicle with numerous bracteal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bushy Aster,
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
Normal leaves are linear, but the foliage at flowering mostly short bractlike leaves on branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Bushy Aster,
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
Heads scattered on copiously small-bracteolate branchlets or pedicels, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).
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Bushy Aster,
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
Peduncles (at least some) > 2cm long, w numerous small, closely-spaced bracts mostly 1-4mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Appalachian Flat-topped White Aster,
Doellingeria infirma
Inflorescence branches flexuous, bractless or with a few very small bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Curtis's Goldenrod,
Solidago curtisii
Peduncles 2-6 mm, moderately to densely finely strigose; bracteoles 0-3, per Flora of North America.
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Skunk Goldenrod,
Solidago glomerata
Involucres 6-10mm long, 7-10mm broad; bracts appressed, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Early Goldenrod,
Solidago juncea
Peduncles 1.5–6mm; bracteoles 0-2, linear. Phyllaries in 3-4 series, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.
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Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod,
Solidago patula
Bracteoles lanceolate, grading into phyllaries. Phyllaries in 3-4 series, unequal, obtuse, per Flora of North America.
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Maryland Goldenaster,
Chrysopsis mariana
Bracts stipitate-glandular (as are the peduncles), appressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Woolly Goldenaster,
Chrysopsis gossypina
More or less densely woolly hairy, except sometime not on involucral bracts, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Camphorweed,
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Involucres hemispheric; bracts linear, appressed, stipitate-glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bearsfoot,
Smallanthus uvedalia
Involucral bracts ovate to elliptic, obtuse to acutish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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White-flowered Leafcup,
Polymnia canadensis
Peduncles villous to stipitate-glandular. Involucral bracts acute to acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Virginia Cup-plant,
Silphium connatum
Involucral bracts of the genus Silphium are wide and usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Carolina Rosinweed,
Silphium compositum var. compositum
Bracts wide, acute or obtuse, glabrous, ciliate or erose, usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Ragged Rosinweed,
Silphium reniforme
Bracts wide, acute or obtuse, glabrous, ciliate or erose, usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium dentatum
Bracts ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium dentatum
Involucral bracts of the genus Silphium are wide and usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium dentatum
The bracts on the receptacle of the heads of Asteraceae can be called chaff, per Plant Identification Terminology (Harris & Harris, 1994).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium dentatum
Pales [receptacular bracts in the Asteraceae] stipitate-glandular, per Weakley's Flora.
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
Involucral bracts in the genus Silphium are wide and usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
Rows of large recurved bracts beneath the disc form a cup-like shape, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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Starry Rosinweed,
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
Involucral bracts ciliate, glabrous or pubescent on the backs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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False Sunflower,
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
Bracts oblong, glabrous, cartilaginous w foliaceous, often spreading, apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Pineland Squarehead,
Tetragonotheca helianthoides
Squarehead gets its name from the 4 outer bracts just below the flower head, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Greenheaded Coneflower,
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
Involucral bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, essentially glabrous, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Greenheaded Coneflower,
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
Inolucral bracts 7-20mm long, 2-5mm wide, reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Blue Ridge Cutleaf Coneflower,
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
Involucral bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, essentially glabrous, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).