Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: False-dandelion, Carolina Desert-chicory. Phenology: Mar-Jun (and sometimes later). Habitat: Dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows, fields. Distribution: DE, se. PA, and MD south to c. peninsular FL, west to IL, MO, and TX; the pre-Columbian range is uncertain.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA19, G, GrPl, Il, K4, NcTx, POWO, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Sitilias caroliniana (Walter) Raf. — S; > Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) DC. var. carolinianus — RAB, SE1; > Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) DC. var. georgianus (Shinners) H.E.Ahles — RAB, SE1; > Pyrrhopappus georgianus Shinners; Leontodon carolinianus Walter. Basionym: Leontodon carolinianus Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Pyrrhopappus carolinianus - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending annual/biennial of both dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows and fields.
Stems: Stems mostly leafless, with a few branches, mostly smooth, leaking milky sap when broken.
Leaves: Leaves basal and (smaller) alternate on stem, petiolate, oblong-lance-shaped, to 10 in. long, toothed or irregularly lobed, mostly smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stems and branches; heads to 2 1/2 in. wide, consisting of many lemon yellow ray florets with squared-off, toothed tips (no disk florets); erect in the center are many slender, yellow styles, each enclosed by a sleeve of dark stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a tufted achene.
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Height: 6-20 in.
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description: Erect to ascending annual/biennial of both dry and moist forests, roadsides, meadows and fields.
stems: Stems mostly leafless, with a few branches, mostly smooth, leaking milky sap when broken.
leaves: Leaves basal and (smaller) alternate on stem, petiolate, oblong-lance-shaped, to 10 in. long, toothed or irregularly lobed, mostly smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at tips of stems and branches; heads to 2 1/2 in. wide, consisting of many lemon yellow ray florets with squared-off, toothed tips (no disk florets); erect in the center are many slender, yellow styles, each enclosed by a sleeve of dark stamens.
fruits: Fruit a tufted achene.
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