Chrysopsis mariana
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Chrysopsis mariana |
| Common name: | Maryland goldenaster |
| Synonomy: | Heterotheca mariana Inula¬Ýmariana |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 8 - 32" |
| Foliage: | hairy; stalkless alternate leaves oblong or narrowly oval, broader toward tip; entire |
| Flower: | bright yellow ray and disk flowers with stick bracts below the petals |
| Flowering time: | blooms and fruits early August to November |
| Habitat: | dry, sandy or rocky soils of woods and shaded edges, fields |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout the Pine Barrens; infrequent on the Inner Coastal Plain and Piedmont |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |