Tag Archives: Asteraceae
Know Your Natives – Yellow Crownbeard
Yellow crownbeard (Verbesina helianthoides) of the Aster (Asteraceae) family is found in the US from Iowa and Kansas east to Ohio, and southward to Texas and Georgia. It is found pretty much throughout Arkansas except for some counties in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. This species is … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis is a lovely Arkansas native. It shares the common name of blanketflower with several different Gaillardia species. There are at least two forms of Gaillardia aestivalis in Arkansas. One has red ray flowers (“petals”) and one has yellow … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Camphorweed “Blooms” Frost Flowers
Camphorweed (Pluchea camphorata) of the Asteraceae (Aster) Family occurs in the Southeast and lower Midwest from Texas and Kansas to Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey and southward. In Arkansas, the species occurs statewide, though is somewhat less frequent in the central Ozarks. Camphorweed, an … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Asters
Featuring Manyray, Late Purple and Fragrant Asters Twenty-two species of asters (in the New World genus Symphyotrichum) occur in Arkansas (four other species also formerly treated in the genus Aster are now in the genera Doellingeria, Eurybia and Ionactis). Asters, in … Continue reading
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Know Your Natives – Starry and Wholeleaf Rosinweeds
Are They Sunflowers? Rosinweeds (Silphium species) and sunflowers (Helianthus species) are in the Asteraceae (Aster) Family. Rosinweeds and sunflowers are herbaceous perennials with yellow composite flowers (ray florets with strap-shaped petals, disk florets with petals fused into small tubes) on … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Pussytoes
Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) of the Asteraceae (Aster) Family, occurs throughout most of Arkansas, especially in northwestern and central portions of the state. It also occurs from Texas to the Dakotas and eastward to the Atlantic. These perennial, low-growing plants are … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Frostweeds “Bloom” Frost Flowers
Frostweed (a.k.a. white crownbeard or white wingstem [Verbesina virginica]) in the Asteraceae Family, is a stout plant with a winged stem that can be six to seven feet tall. Fleshy, longitudinal wings, a dominate feature of this and closely related plants … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Basketflower
Centaurea americana is a lovely annual wildflower which really attracts butterflies, bees and other flying critters. The common name is Basketflower, because of the phyllaries (modified leaves) that surround the flower head base. Basketflower grows from 24 inches to 60 … Continue reading
