Intro: Erect perennial of wet pine savannas and flatwoods, sandhill seeps and wet streamhead margins.

Stems: Stem a leafless, white-woolly flowering stalk rising from the center of a basal rosette.

Leaves: Leaves basal only, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 2-7 in.long, smooth above and white-hairy beneath; a few widely spaced teeth sometimes present.

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Flowers: Daisy-like, composite flowers (heads) solitary at top of stalk, nodding at first but soon erect; heads about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of narrow, white ray florets (may be pink or purple on lower surface) encircling a cream-colored central disk composed of tiny, tubular florets.

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Height: 4-16 in.

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description: Erect perennial of wet pine savannas and flatwoods, sandhill seeps and wet streamhead margins.

stems: Stem a leafless, white-woolly flowering stalk rising from the center of a basal rosette.

leaves: Leaves basal only, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 2-7 in.long, smooth above and white-hairy beneath; a few widely spaced teeth sometimes present.

inflorescence:

flowers: Daisy-like, composite flowers (heads) solitary at top of stalk, nodding at first but soon erect; heads about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of narrow, white ray florets (may be pink or purple on lower surface) encircling a cream-colored central disk composed of tiny, tubular florets.

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native range: southeastern United States