Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus:	Pyrrhopappus
Species:	P. carolinianus
Binomial name
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) DC.
Natural range of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Carolina desert-chicory

Description

A description of Pyrrhopappus carolinianus is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

P. carolinianus is a native plant with weedy tendencies (Nelson 2005).

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plains in Florida and Georgia, P. carolinianus can be found in sandy old fields, sandpine-oak woodlands, moist banks bordering marshes, frequently burned mature longleaf pine-wiregrass communities, and annually burned savannas (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found in ditches, dry sands along parking lots, sandy vacant lots, open fields by rivers, moist bottomland pastures, along roadsides, drying sand on upper beach, trails of coastal hammocks, clearings near buildings, shores of recently made ponds, along highways, lawns, old biocontrol plots, mowed areas, fire lanes, and an access path through sandhill to a limestone trail. Associated species include Lantana, Pinus palustris, Aristida stricta, Bumelia, Crataegus, and Cenchrus (FSU Herbarium).

Soil types observed include sand, sandy loam, sandy peat soil, and loam soils (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Blooms from July to November (Nelson 2005).

References and notes

Nelson, Gil. East Gulf Coastal Plain. a Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the East Gulf Coastal Plain, including Southwest Georgia, Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Parts of Southeastern Louisiana. Guilford, CT: Falcon, 2005. 173. Print.