Pityopsis pinifolia

Pine-leaf or Sandhill Goldenaster

Pityopsis pinifolia (Ell.) Nutt.  is the type species of Pityopsis.  It is very rare in a few scattered populations along the "fall line" counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.  It has linear hairyless or nearly hairless leaves (Semple 2006 FNA).

Pityopsis pinifolia fig-2 semple bowers 1985

Last revised 20 April 2025 by J.C. Semple

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Pityopsis pinifolia North Carolina
Pityopsis pinifolia 6067 Harnett Co NC
Pityopsis pinifolia 10537 rhizome rosettes
Pityopsis pinifolia K 56861 WAT hds

1-4. Pityopsis pinifolia. 1. Habit, Semple & Chmielewski 6039, Wayne Co., North Carolina. 2. Shoot, Semple & Chmielewski 6067, Harnett Co., North Carolina. 3. Rhizome, Semple 10537, Harnett Co., North Carolina. 4. Heads, Kral 56861 WAT, Taylor Co., Georgia.