North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Asteraceae > Pyrrhopappus
	Carolina False-dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinanus) Brunswick Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Statewide and generally common (less so in the mountains) in NC, this native grows in a variety of habitats.
	Carolina False-dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinanus) Brunswick Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Usually flowering in the spring or early summer, Carolina False-dandelion ocassionally flowers in late summer to fall.
	Carolina False-dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinanus) Brunswick Co., NC 26 Aug 2006
	Carolina False-dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinanus) Brunswick Co., NC 26 Aug 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.