Flora of North America species comparison

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Carphephorus paniculatus

hairy chaffhead
Habit Plants (30–)50–120(–180) cm.
Stems

densely and coarsely villoso-hirsute, eglandular.
Leaves

basal and proximal cauline oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, mostly 5–35 cm, margins plane;

cauline much reduced, faces not gland-dotted.
Peduncles

stipitate-glandular (each with a subtending bract).
Involucres

(3.5–)4–6 mm.
Receptacles

epaleate or partially paleate (paleae 1–2).
Corollas

glandular, lobes 1–1.5 mm.
Phyllaries

5–12 in 1–2(–3) series, oblanceolate, gland-dotted or stipitate-glandular (sometimes with eglandular, biseriate hairs as well), apices acute to obtuse.
Heads

in thyrsiform (often ± columnar) arrays.
Cypselae

eglandular;

pappus bristles in ± 1 series.
2n

= 20.

Carphephorus paniculatus
Phenology Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Dec(–Jan).
Habitat Moist or wet, low ground, wet prairies or savannas, swamp margins, pine, pine-palmetto, and palmetto flats
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 537.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Carphephorus
Sibling taxa
C. bellidifolius, C. carnosus, C. corymbosus, C. odoratissimus, C. pseudoliatris, C. tomentosus
Synonyms Chrysocoma paniculata, Liatris paniculata, Trilisa paniculata
Name authority (J. F. Gmelin) H. J.-C. Hebert: Rhodora 70: 483. (1968)
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