Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Appalachian Blazing Star, Appalachian Gayfeather, Appalachian Liatris, Earle’s Blazing-Star Base Flower Color: Pink, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Category Archives: Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family)
Broadleaf Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis L.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Zig-Zag Goldenrod Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Rabbit-Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Sweet Everlasting, Catfoot, Catfoot Cudweed, Fragrant Cudweed, Blunt-Leaved Rabbit-TobaccoBase Flower Color: Yellow, WhiteReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis (L.) Walter)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Yellow Crownbeard, Small Yellow Crownbeard, Crownbeard Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed (Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Aug, Sept, Oct For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
Scaly Blazing Star (Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx. var. squarrosa)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Scaly Blazing Star, Scaly Gayfeather, Scaly Liatris, Colicroot, Loosescale Gayfeather Base Flower Color: PurpleReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SeptBloom Notes: This is one of the earliest Liatris species to bloom. For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)
Asteraceae (Aster Family) Base Flower Color: White, YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, OctBloom Notes: This may be var. strigosus or var. calcicola. The difference is var. calcicola has rhizomes that bear over wintering leaf tuffs and are only known in Decatur Co. while var. strigosus has no rhizomes and is commonContinue reading “Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.)”
Narrowleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Flax-leaf Whitetop Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: Jun, July, Aug For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Small’s Ragwort (Packera anonyma (Alph. Wood) W. A. Weber & A. Love)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Synonym(s): Appalachian Ragwort, Plain Ragwort, Southern Ragwort Base Flower Color: Yellow, OrangeReproductive Phenology: Apr , MayBloom Notes: Flowers early June to mid-July in North. For more information about this plant, Click Here.
Field Hawkweed, King Devil (Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.)
Asteraceae/Compositae (Aster/Composit Family) Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: June, JulyBloom Notes: This plant has only been seen in a few counties in east Tennessee. I saw it in the Smokies and on Roan Mountain. For more information about this plant, Click Here.