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Asteraceae
Carphephorus

not marked as a favorite taxon Carphephorus bellidifolius (Michaux) Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Sandhill Chaffhead. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, rarely in other xeric sandy forests and woodlands. Distribution: Se. VA to extreme e. GA.

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ID notes: The leaf apices are generally blunt, giving the leaves a nearly spatulate shape. At 10× magnification, the upper leaf surface can be seen to have minute circular depressions (glands), looking like beaten into the surface with a tiny ball hammer.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Although often occurring with other species of Carphephorus, C. bellidifolius ranges into drier habitats than its congeners.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA21, G, K4, RAB, S, SE1, Va, Correa & Wilbur (1969), Schilling (2011b). Basionym: Liatris bellidifolia Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Carphephorus bellidifolius - FNA21

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect-ascending perennial of dry sandy forests and woodlands, primarily in the Sandhills region.

Stems: Stems 1-several, smooth or short-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves basal (numerous) and alternate on the stem, petiolate, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped with blunt tips, to 8 in. long (reduced and becoming sessile upward), mostly smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in much-branched terminal cluster that is as broad as long; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of 15-30 pink to purple, 5-lobed, tubular disk florets and protruding stamens. Several series of recurved, hairy-margined, green (tinged purple) bracts surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

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Height: 1-1 3/4 ft.

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description: Erect-ascending perennial of dry sandy forests and woodlands, primarily in the Sandhills region.

stems: Stems 1-several, smooth or short-hairy.

leaves: Leaves basal (numerous) and alternate on the stem, petiolate, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped with blunt tips, to 8 in. long (reduced and becoming sessile upward), mostly smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in much-branched terminal cluster that is as broad as long; heads 1/2-3/4 in. wide, consisting of 15-30 pink to purple, 5-lobed, tubular disk florets and protruding stamens. Several series of recurved, hairy-margined, green (tinged purple) bracts surround the bell-shaped base of each head.

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native range: VA, NC, SC & GA



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