Balduina uniflora Nuttall. Common name: Savanna Honeycomb-head, Yellow Balduina. Phenology: Late Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet pine savannas and pine flatwoods. Distribution: A southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. NC and immediately adjacent ne. SC (apparently absent from much of SC), and from extreme s. SC south to ne. FL, FL Panhandle, and west to e. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA21, GW2, K4, RAB, SE1, WH3, Parker & Jones (1975), (basionym); = Endorima uniflora (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small — S; ~ Actinospermum uniflorum (Nutt.) Barnhart
Links to other floras: = Balduina uniflora - FNA21
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of wet pine savannas and sandhills.
Stems: Stems ribbed, usually unbranched, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate-ascending on the stem, narrowly spoon-shaped, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), slightly fleshy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary and terminating stems, yellow, to 2 in. wide, consisting of about 13 (5-22) ray florets with toothed tips surrounding a low-domed center disk of yellow-orange tubular florets; several whorls of small, green, pointed bracts surround the saucer-shaped base of each head.
Fruits:
Comments: The similar Balduina atropurpurea has purple disk florets.
Height: 1-3 ft.
plant sale text: Savanna honeycombhead is a native herbaceous perennial that is not often available in the nursery trade. It occurs in wet pine savannas, pitcher plant bogs, wet roadside ditches, and on seepage slopes in the southeastern Coastal Plain. Solitary yellow daisy-like flowers appear in the summer through fall atop tall, slender but erect stems. Savanna honeycombhead prefers moist to wet soil in full sun and would be a perfect addition to a sunny bog garden.
bloom table text:
description: Erect perennial of wet pine savannas and sandhills.
stems: Stems ribbed, usually unbranched, hairy.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate-ascending on the stem, narrowly spoon-shaped, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), slightly fleshy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary and terminating stems, yellow, to 2 in. wide, consisting of about 13 (5-22) ray florets with toothed tips surrounding a low-domed center disk of yellow-orange tubular florets; several whorls of small, green, pointed bracts surround the saucer-shaped base of each head.
fruits:
comments: The similar Balduina atropurpurea has purple disk florets.
cultural notes:
germination code:
native range: southeastern United States