ASTERACEAE - - Aster Family

Helianthus smithii Heiser — Smith's Sunflower

Habitat:

Dry forests and woodlands. Known from n. GA, e. AL, and se. TN. It has small heads (like H. microcephalus, H. laevigatus, H. schweinitzii), the leaves narrowly lanceolate and subsessile (like H. schweinitzii or H. laevigatus), the leaves resin-dotted below (like H. microcephalus), but nearly glabrous. It may be a hybrid derivative of H. microcephalus and H. strumosus.

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)].