OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

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

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-16-001:

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. georgianus

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

Sitilias caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory


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image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sica10_001_lvd

        

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm140623_170

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm140623_173

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm180601_2600

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm180601_2646

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Ray flowers pale yellow, numerous; disk flowers absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    s050618_c

June    Oconee County    SC

Lvs oblanceolate to lanceolate, entire to deeply dissected, whitish midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm0407e_08b

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flower is a "cool" yellow, rather than a "warm" yellow...

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm120727_852

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Inner bracts in 1 series, outer bracts shorter & in several series, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm180706_3332

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_carolinianus_2

July        

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    s040706_a

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm120814_534

August    Greenville County    SC

Pappus bristles whitish-tan, capillary, 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm120814_544

August    Greenville County    SC

Nutlets cylindric, tapered to both ends, 5-grooved, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

JK Marlow    jkm120814_544b

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Carolina False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_carolinianus_r2

August    Floyd County    GA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-16-001:
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus var. georgianus

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1176

Forb
Biennial, rarely perennial

Habitat: Dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered toward the end of flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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