Carphephorus tomentosus
Fl. N. Amer. 2: 66. 1841.
Common names: Woolly chaffhead
Endemic
Basionym: Liatris tomentosa Michaux Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 93. 1803
Synonyms: Carphephorus tomentosus var. walteri (Elliott) Fernald
Plants 20–80 cm. Stems sparsely to densely hirsute to hirsute-villous, sometimes strigose distally, glanddotted. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline oblanceolate, mostly 3.5–15 cm; cauline gradually reduced, faces glanddotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles villoso-hirsute, glanddotted. Involucres 7–11 mm. Phyllaries 15–40+ in 3–5+ series, ovatelanceolate to broadly ovate, villous, and glanddotted, apices acute to obtuse. Receptacles partially paleate (paleae often 4–5). Corollas glandular, lobes ca. 2 mm. Cypselae eglandular; pappus bristles in ± 1 series. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Moist to dry pine savannas, flatwoods, pine-oak woodland, wire-grass savannas, fields, sometimes more moist, peaty soils, shrub bogs, seepage
Elevation: 10–50 m
Distribution
Ga., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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introrse +
connate +
acute;obtuse +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
flat-topped +
continuous +
glabrous +
decurrent +
1-nerved +
linear;oblanceolate or spatulate +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-clavate +
stigmatic +
barbellulate +
coarse +
absent +
reduced +
Woolly chaffhead +
not 2-lipped +
eglandular +
10-ribbed +
hispid-strigose +
scabrellous +
prismatic +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
12;35 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
Moist to dry pine savannas, flatwoods, pine-oak woodland, wire-grass savannas, fields, sometimes more moist, peaty soils, shrub bogs, seepage +
discoid +
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oblanceolate +
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persistent +
villoso-hirsute +
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persistent +
distinct +
villous +
unequal +
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Fl. N. Amer. +
1841 +
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paleate +
convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;3;5 +
Endemic +
alternate +
not branched +
erect +
2-branched +
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