ASTERACEAE - - Aster Family

Helianthus porteri (A. Gray) Pruski — Confederate Daisy

Habitat:

In shallow soils over granite on low-elevation granite domes or flatrocks. A Piedmont endemic. The species has often been treated in the genus Viguiera.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].