Carphephorus bellidifolius
Appearance
Sandy-woods chaffhead | |
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Species: | C. bellidifolius
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Carphephorus bellidifolius | |
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Liatris bellidifolia Michx. |
Carphephorus bellidifolius (common name Sandy-woods chaffhead)[2] is a species of North American plants in the sunflower family. They are native to the southeastern United States in the States of Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[3]
Carphephorus bellidifolius is an herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall, largely without hairs. It produces an open, loose inflorescence with many small purplish flower heads containing disc florets but no ray florets.[2]
References
External links
- North Carolina Native Plant Society
- Southeastern Flora
- Carolina Nature
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora