NameThatPlant.net: Helianthus maximilianii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus maximilianii FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Maximilian Sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus maximiliani FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-014:

Helianthus maximiliani FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Maximilian Sunflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helianthus maximilianii FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus maximiliani FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-65-014:
Helianthus maximiliani FAMILY Asteraceae

3638

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, or the lowermost opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown to black
Achene

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