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Chrysopsis scabrella
Coastalplain Goldenaster
Florida native
A biennial wildflower of many sandy places including sandhills, riverbanks, dunes, oak scrub and ruderal sites throughout much of the peninsula. The range includes the Carolinas, Alabama and Mississippi.
The yellow ray and disk flowers appear in an open branched corymbose inflorescence, below which the plant is usually unbranched. Stem leaves alternate, entire, sessile and linear to narrowly spatulate. Basal leaves spatulate to obovate. Entire plant is sticky and odiferous.
Chrysopsis scabrella is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Other species of the Chrysopsis genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Chrysopsis godfreyi - GODFREY'S GOLDENASTER
Chrysopsis gossypina var. cruiseana - CRUISE'S GOLDENASTER
Chrysopsis lanuginosa - LYNN HAVEN GOLDENASTER
Chrysopsis subulata - SCRUBLAND GOLDENASTER
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
