Croptilon divaricatum (Nuttall) Rafinesque. Common name: Scratch-daisy. Phenology: Aug-Dec. Habitat: Sandy or otherwise dry soils of fields, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, and sand pine woodlands. Distribution: Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and west to c. TX, inland to n. GA, n. AL, se. OK and c. AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA20, K4, NcTx, POWO, Va, WH3; = Haplopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) A.Gray — C, F, G, RAB, SE1, W; = Isopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray — S; < Croptilon divaricatum (Nutt.) Raf. var. divaricatum — Tx; Inula divaricata Nuttall. Basionym: Inula divaricata Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Croptilon divaricatum - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, tap-rooted annual found in sandy soils of fields, roadsides and sandhill woodlands.
Stems: Stems slender, branched above, covered with both glandular and nonglandular hairs.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile but with narrowly tapered bases, linear to narrowly oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, with a few spiny-teeth on the margins and rough hairy.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) at tips of widely spreading, glandular branches; heads about 3/4 in. wide, consisting of 7-11 yellow ray florets encircling the central disk of tiny, yellow, tubular florets. Narrow bracts of varying lengths surround the cylindric base of each head.
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Height: 1-4 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect, tap-rooted annual found in sandy soils of fields, roadsides and sandhill woodlands.
stems: Stems slender, branched above, covered with both glandular and nonglandular hairs.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile but with narrowly tapered bases, linear to narrowly oblong-lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, with a few spiny-teeth on the margins and rough hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) at tips of widely spreading, glandular branches; heads about 3/4 in. wide, consisting of 7-11 yellow ray florets encircling the central disk of tiny, yellow, tubular florets. Narrow bracts of varying lengths surround the cylindric base of each head.
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