Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smallanthus uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The epithet retains the spelling "uvedalia" regardless of the grammatical gender of the genus, as it is a pre-Linnaean genus name honoring Robert Uvedale (1642-1722) and therefore a noun in apposition. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
Read more about Bearsfoot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The epithet retains the spelling 'uvedalia' regardless of the grammatical gender of the genus, as it is a pre-Linnaean genus name honoring Robert Uvedale (1642-1722) and being used as a noun in apposition, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:
Polymnia uvedalia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smallanthus uvedalia
COMMON NAME:
Bearsfoot, Hairy Leafcup, Yellow Leafcup
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JK Marlow jkm170624_269
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Stipules?
JK Marlow s060617_a
June Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Leaves triangular to ovate w mostly palmate lobes, broadly winged petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120825_948949
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Involucral bracts ovate to elliptic, obtuse to acutish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
JK Marlow jkm190905_1317
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Disc flowers with pistils & stamens, but sterile. Ray flowers pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm151128_052
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Black, rounded, swollen achenes 0.25" long, faintly grooved, pappus absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smallanthus uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smallanthus uvedalius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Smallanthus uvedalia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-52-001:
Polymnia uvedalia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smallanthus uvedalia
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