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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woolly Sunbonnets at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaptalia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chaptalia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:
Chaptalia tomentosa FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaptalia tomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
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Alan S. Weakley asw_713204533889508
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Flowering stalk leafless, white-woolly; flower heads daisylike with narrow white ray florets, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_068069
April Turner County GA
Leaves w tufts of white woolly hairs above, densely matted white hairs below, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_070
April Turner County GA
Flower heads grow singly, nodding at first, eventually erect, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_079
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_121
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_16
May Williamsburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaptalia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chaptalia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-22-001:
Chaptalia tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaptalia tomentosa
308
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Rays: White above, Pink below
Disc: Cream
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Grayish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p258
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p198
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p173
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p252
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p066
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p164