OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dipsacus fullonum   FAMILY Dipsacaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dipsacus fullonum   FAMILY Dipsacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dipsacus fullonum

INCLUDED WITHIN Great Plains Flora Association (1986)

Dipsacus fullonum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 176-01-001:

Dipsacus sylvestris   FAMILY Dipsacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dipsacus sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Dipsacus fullonum ssp. sylvestris

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Teasel, Common Teasel


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image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_difu2_001_lvd

        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_disy_001_lvd

        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_361

        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

JK Marlow    jkm0507i_21

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

Bracts of the involucre curved upward, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

JK Marlow    jkm0507i_25

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

Leaves connate-perfoliate, at least in middle of stem, prickly on midrib below, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

JK Marlow    jkm0507i_26

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

JK Marlow    jkm0507j_20

July    Russell County    VA

Roadside

From about halfway up the head, flowers open sequentially towards base and tip, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_dipsacus_fullonum_13

August        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1459705

Month Unknown        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Ohio State Weed Lab , The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1551175

Month Unknown        

Leaves prickly on the midrib beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org     bug_5374963

Month Unknown        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_5436911

Month Unknown        

image of Dipsacus fullonum, Wild Teasel, Common Teasel

Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org    bug_5476702

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dipsacus fullonum   FAMILY Dipsacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dipsacus fullonum   FAMILY Dipsacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dipsacus fullonum

INCLUDED WITHIN Great Plains Flora Association (1986)
Dipsacus fullonum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 176-01-001:
Dipsacus sylvestris   FAMILY Dipsacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dipsacus sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Dipsacus fullonum ssp. sylvestris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

479

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender/ Pinkish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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