''Helianthus radula'' is a North American species of
sunflower
The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as ...
known by the common name rayless sunflower or pineland sunflower.
[Flora of North America, Helianthus radula (Pursh) Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Rayless or pineland sunflower ]
/ref> It is native to the southeastern United States from eastern Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
to South Carolina
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, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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''Helianthus radula'' grows in sandy, open woodlands such as pine barrens. It is an perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant usually produces only one flower head, containing 0-8 yellow ray florets surrounding sometimes as many as 150 or more yellow or brown disc floret
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
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References
External links
Florida Native Plant Society
radula
The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1813
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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