Carphephorus odoratissimus

Vanillaleaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Carphephorus
Binomial name
Carphephorus odoratissimus
(J.F.Gmel.) H.J.-C. Hebert
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysocoma odoratissima J.F.Gmel.
  • Carphephorus subtropicanus DeLaney, N.Bissett & Weidenh., syn of var. subtropicanus

Carphephorus odoratissimus (common name Vanillaleaf)[2] is a species of North American plants in the sunflower family. They are native to the southeastern United States in the States of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida.[3][4]

Carphephorus odoratissimus is an herb up to 180 cm (6 feet) tall, largely without hairs. It produces a flat-topped inflorescence with many small purplish flower heads containing disc florets but no ray florets.[2]

Varieties[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Carphephorus odoratissimus (J.F. Gmel.) H.J.-C. Hebert
  2. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Vanillaleaf, Carphephorus odoratissimus (J.F. Gmel.) H.J.-C. Hebert
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Henry J.-C. Hebert. 1968. Generic considerations concerning Carphephorus and Trilisa (Compositae). Rhodora 70:474-485

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