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Chrysopsis gossypina (Michaux) Elliott. Cottonleaf Goldenaster. Phen: Sep-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, coastal dunes, Florida scrub, other dry sandy places. Dist: Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and sw. GA.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: 2n chromosome number=18.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va; >< Chrysopsis arenicola Alexander – S; > Chrysopsis decumbens Chapm. – S; < Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.) Elliott – C, G, SE1; < Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.) Elliott ssp. gossypina – Fl7, FNA20, K3, K4, WH3, Semple (1981); > Chrysopsis longii Fernald – F; > Chrysopsis pilosa Nutt. – F, S, misapplied; < Heterotheca gossypina (Michx.) Shinners – RAB, Harms (1974)

Links to other floras: < Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Sprawling biennial/short-lived perennial found in sandhills, coastal dunes and other dry, sandy places.

Stems: Stems lying on ground but turning up and erect near tips, densely covered with long white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on stem, lance- to oblong-lance-shaped with blunt or rounded tips, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), densely covered with long white hairs.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) on stalks on turned up stem tips, 1 1/2-2 in. wide, consisting of 10-22 bright yellow ray florets encircling a central yellow disk of many tiny, tubular florets. Whorls of pointed, preen bracts, usually covered with white hairs (occasionally stalked glands, as in C. mariana), surround the base of each head.

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Height: to 3 ft. (long)

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description: Sprawling biennial/short-lived perennial found in sandhills, coastal dunes and other dry, sandy places.

stems: Stems lying on ground but turning up and erect near tips, densely covered with long white hairs.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on stem, lance- to oblong-lance-shaped with blunt or rounded tips, to 4 in. long (reduced upward), densely covered with long white hairs.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) on stalks on turned up stem tips, 1 1/2-2 in. wide, consisting of 10-22 bright yellow ray florets encircling a central yellow disk of many tiny, tubular florets. Whorls of pointed, preen bracts, usually covered with white hairs (occasionally stalked glands, as in C. mariana), surround the base of each head.

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