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Hypochaeris

not marked as a favorite taxon *Hypochaeris albiflora (Kuntze) Azevêdo-Gonçalves & Matzenbacher. Common name: White-flowered Cat’s-ear. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of South America. This species has been found as a naturalized introduction at Fort Pulaski (Chatham County, GA) (T. Govus, pers. comm., 2006), in Camden County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009), and in Beaufort, Charleston, and Jasper counties, SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]).

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Section: Phanoderis. Series: Microcephala.

ID notes: Hypochaeris albiflora is characterized by having distally branched stems, well-developed cauline leaves, corollas equal to or slightly longer than the involucres, with tubes equal to or slightly longer than ligules, and dark brown, almost black, beaked cypselae (Mailhos, Bonifacino, & Marchesi 2023). It is the only species in our region with white corollas

Origin/Endemic status: South America

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Azevêdo-Gonçalves & Matzenbacher (2005), Mailhos, Bonifacino, & Marchesi (2023); = Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch.-Bip.) Cabrera var. albiflora (Kuntze) Cabrera — Fl7, FNA19, K4, SE1; = n/a — RAB; Hypochaeris brasiliensis (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb. var. albiflora Kuntze. Basionym: Hypochaeris brasiliensis (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb. var. albiflora Kuntze 1898

Links to other floras: = Hypochaeris microcephala var. albiflora - FNA19

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