Pityopsis falcata

Sickle-leaved Goldenaster

Pityopsis falcata (Pursh) Nutt. is native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain (New Jersey, Long Island, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts).  The sparsely hairy leaves are curved falcate and often folded along the midvein (conduplicate; Semple 2006 FNA). The stems are densely hairy.

Pityopsis falcata fig-3 semple bowers 1985
Pityopsis falcata, Cape Cod, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
Pityopsis falcata MA
Pityopsis falcata, heads, Long Is., New York
Pityopsis falcata S 9550 WAT stem
Pityopsis falcata Cape Cod 1978 roots
Pityopsis falcata, Cape Cod, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
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Pityopsis falcata, heads, Long Is., New York
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Pityopsis falcata S 9550 WAT stem
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Pityopsis falcata Cape Cod 1978 roots
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Last update 23 May 2023 by J.C. Semple

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