Vascular Plant Herbarium
Vascular Plant Database Family Results
Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae
SPECIES
- Achillea millefolium
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: common yarrow
- Acmella repens
(Walt.) Rich.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: oppositeleaf spotflower
Synonyms:
-
• Spilanthes americana (Mutis ex L. f.) Hieron. var. repens (Walt.) A.J.Moore.
-
• Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K.Jansen var. repens R.K.Jansen
- Ageratina altissima
(L.) R.M. King & H.E. Robins.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: white snakeroot
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium roanense Small
-
• Eupatorium rugosum Houtt.
-
• Ageratum altissimum L., non Eupatorium altissimum L.
-
• Eupatorium rugosum Houtt. var. roanense (Small) Fern.
- Ageratina aromatica
(L.) Spach
Common Name: lesser snakeroot
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium aromaticum L.
- Ageratina luciae-brauniae
(Fernald) R.M. King & H.E. Robins.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: Lucy Braun's snakeroot
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium luciae-brauniae Fern.
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: annual ragweed
- Ambrosia bidentata
Michx.
Common Name: lanceleaf ragweed
- Ambrosia trifida
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: great ragweed
Amphiachyris - [maps | photos]
- Amphiachyris dracunculoides
(DC.) Nutt.
Common Name: prairie broomweed
Synonyms:
-
• Gutierrezia dracunculoides (DC.) Blake
-
• Xanthocephalum dracunculoides (DC.) Shinners
- Antennaria howellii Greene ssp. neodioica
(Greene) R.J. Bayer
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Field Pussytoes
- Antennaria parlinii Fernald ssp. fallax
(Greene) Bayer & Stebbins
Common Name: Big-Head Pussytoes
Synonyms:
-
• Antennaria fallax Greene
- Antennaria parlinii Fernald ssp. parlinii
Common Name: Big-Head Pussytoes
Synonyms:
-
• Antennaria nemoralis Greene
- Antennaria plantaginifolia
(L.) Richardson
Common Name: woman's tobacco, pussytoes
- Antennaria solitaria
Rydb.
Common Name: singlehead pussytoes
- Anthemis arvensis
*
L.
Common Name: corn chamomile
- Anthemis cotula
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: stinking chamomile
- Arctium minus
*
(Hill) Bernh.
Common Name: lesser burrdock
- Arnoglossum atriplicifolia
(L.) H.E. Robins.
Common Name: pale Indian plaintain
Synonyms:
-
• Cacalia atriplicifolia L.
- Arnoglossum plantagineum
Raf.
(TN Threatened)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: groovestem Indian plaintain
Synonyms:
-
• Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
- Arnoglossum reniforme
(Hook.) H.E. Robins.
Common Name: great Indian plaintain
Synonyms:
-
• Arnoglossum muehlenbergii (Schulz-Bip.) H.E. Robins.
-
• Cacalia muehlenbergii (Schulz-Bip.) Fernald
- Artemisia absinthium
*
L.
Common Name: absinthium
- Artemisia annua
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: sweet sagewort
- Artemisia ludoviciana
*
Nutt.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: white sagebrush
- Artemisia vulgaris
*
L.
Common Name: common wormwood
- Aster tataricus
*
L.f.
Common Name: Tatarian aster
- Astranthium integrifolium
(Michx.) Nutt.
Common Name: entireleaf western daisy
Synonyms:
-
• Bellis integrifolia Michx.
- Baccharis halimifolia
L.
Common Name: eastern baccharis
- Bellis perennis
*
L.
Common Name: lawn daisy
- Bidens aristosa
(Michx.) Britton
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: bearded beggar ticks
Synonyms:
-
• Bidens polylepis S.F. Blake
-
• Bidens polylepis S.F. Blake
- Bidens bipinnata
L.
Common Name: Spanish needles
- Bidens cernua
L.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: nodding beggar tick
- Bidens discoidea
(Torr. & A. Gray) Britton
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: small beggar ticks
- Bidens frondosa
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: devil's beggar tick
- Bidens laevis
(L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Common Name: smooth beggartick
- Bidens tripartita
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: threelobe beggar ticks
Synonyms:
-
• Bidens comosa (Gray) Wieg.
- Bidens vulgata
Greene
Common Name: big devils beggar tick
- Boltonia asteroides
(L.) L'Hér.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: white doll's daisy
- Boltonia diffusa
Ell.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: smallhead doll's daisy
- Bradburia pilosa
(Nutt.) Semple
Common Name: soft golden aster
Synonyms:
-
• Chrysopsis pilosa Nutt.
-
• Heterotheca pilosa (Nutt.) Shinners
- Brickellia eupatorioides
(L.) Shinners
Common Name: false boneset
Synonyms:
-
• Kuhnia eupatorioides L.
- Carduus nutans
*
L.
Common Name: nodding plumeless thistle
- Centaurea benedicta
*
(L.) L.
Common Name: blessed thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Cnicus benedictus L.
- Centaurea cyanus
*
L.
Common Name: garden cornflower
- Centaurea nigrescens
*
Willd.
Common Name: Tyrol knapweed
- Centaurea solstitialis
*
L.
Common Name: yellow star-thistle
- Centaurea stoebe
*
L.
Common Name: spotted knapweed
Synonyms:
-
• Centaurea biebersteinii DC.
-
• Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam.
- Chrysogonum virginianum L. var. brevistolon
G.L. Nesom
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: green and gold
- Chrysopsis mariana
(L.) Ell.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: Maryland golden aster
Synonyms:
-
• Heterotheca mariana (L.) Shinners
- Cichorium intybus
*
L.
Common Name: chicory
- Cirsium altissimum
(L.) Spreng.
Common Name: tall thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus altissimus L.
- Cirsium arvense
*
(L.) Scop.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
Common Name: Canada thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus arvensis (L.) Robson
- Cirsium carolinianum
(Walter) Fernald & B.G. Schube
Common Name: soft thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus carolinianus Walt.
- Cirsium discolor
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.
Common Name: field thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.
- Cirsium horridulum
Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: yellow thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus spinosissimus Walt.
- Cirsium horridulum var. vittatum
(Small) R.W. Long
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: yellow thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Cirsium vittatum (Small) Small
-
• Carduus vittatus Small
- Cirsium muticum
Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: swamp thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus muticus (Michx.) Pers.
- Cirsium vulgare
*
(Savi) Ten.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: bull thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus vulgaris Savi
- Conoclinium coelestinum
(L.) DC.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: blue mistflower
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium coelestinum L.
- Conyza canadensis
(L.) Cronquist
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: Canadian horseweed
Synonyms:
-
• Erigeron canadensis L.
- Conyza ramosissima
Cronquist
Common Name: dwarf horseweed
Synonyms:
-
• Erigeron divaricatus Michx.
- Coreopsis auriculata
L.
Common Name: lobed tickseed
- Coreopsis delphiniifolia
Lam.
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: larkspurleaf tickseed
- Coreopsis grandiflora
Hogg ex Sweet
Common Name: largeflower tickseed
- Coreopsis lanceolata
L.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: lanceleaf tickseed
- Coreopsis latifolia
Michx.
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: broadleaf tickseed
- Coreopsis major
Walt.
Common Name: greater tickseed
- Coreopsis pubescens
Ell.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
Common Name: star tickseed
- Coreopsis tinctoria
Nutt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: golden tickseed
- Coreopsis tripteris
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: tall tickseed
- Cosmos bipinnatus
*
Cav.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: garden cosmos
- Crepis capillaris
*
(L.) Wallr.
Common Name: smooth hawksbeard
- Crepis pulchra
*
L.
Common Name: smallflower hawksbeard
- Crepis setosa
*
Haller f.
Common Name: bristly hawksbeard
Doellingeria - [maps | photos]
- Doellingeria infirma
(Michx.) Greene
Common Name: cornel leaf whitetop
Synonyms:
-
• Aster infirmus Michx.
- Doellingeria umbellata
(Mill.) Nees
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: parasol whitetop
Synonyms:
-
• Aster umbellatus P. Mill.
- Dracopis amplexicaulis
(Vahl) Cass.
Common Name: clasping coneflower
- Dyssodia papposa
*
(Vent.) Hitchc.
Common Name: fetid marigold
- Echinacea pallida
(Nutt.) Nutt.
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: pale purple coneflower
- Echinacea purpurea
(L.) Moench
Common Name: eastern purple coneflower
- Echinacea simulata
R.L. McGregor
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: wavyleaf purple coneflower
- Echinacea tennesseensis
(Beadle) Small
(TN Threatened)
(Fed Delisted)
Common Name: Tennessee purple coneflower
Synonyms:
-
• Echinacea angustifolia DC. var. tennesseensis (Beadle) Blake
- Eclipta prostrata
(L.) L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
Common Name: false daisy
Synonyms:
-
• Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
Elephantopus - [maps | photos]
- Elephantopus carolinianus
Raeusch.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: Carolina elephants foot
- Elephantopus tomentosus
L.
Common Name: devil's grandmother
- Erechtites hieraciifolius
(L.) Raf. ex DC
NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
Common Name: American burnweed
- Erigeron annuus
(L.) Pers.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: eastern daisy fleabane
- Erigeron philadelphicus
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: Philadelphia fleabane
- Erigeron pulchellus
Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
Common Name: robin's plantain
- Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. var. calcicola
J. Allison
Common Name: glade fleabane
- Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. var. strigosus
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: prairie fleabane
- Eupatorium album
L.
Common Name: white thoroughwort
- Eupatorium altissimum
L.
Common Name: tall thoroughwort
- Eupatorium capillifolium
(Lam.) Small
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: dog fennel
- Eupatorium compositifolium
*
Walt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
Common Name: yankee weed
- Eupatorium godfreyanum
Cronquist
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Godfrey's thoroughwort
- Eupatorium hyssopifolium
L.
Common Name: hyssopleaf thoroughwort
- Eupatorium leucolepis
(DC.) Torr. & A. Gray
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
Common Name: justice weed
- Eupatorium perfoliatum
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
Common Name: common boneset
- Eupatorium pilosum
Walt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: rough boneset
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. saundersii (Porter ex Britton) Cronq.
- Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. ovatum
(Bigelow) Torr.
Common Name: roundleaf thoroughwort
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium rotundifolium L. ssp. ovatum (Bigelow) Montgomery & Fairbrothers p.p.
- Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. rotundifolium
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: roundleaf thoroughwort
- Eupatorium scabridum
Ell.
Common Name: scabrous roundleaf thoroughwort
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. scabridum (Ell.) A. Gray
- Eupatorium semiserratum
DC.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
Common Name: smallflower thoroughwort
- Eupatorium serotinum
Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: lateflowering thoroughwort
- Eupatorium sessilifolium
L.
Common Name: Vasey's boneset
- Eupatorium torreyanum
Short & R. Peter
Common Name: laciniate-leaved thoroughwort
- Eupatorium vaseyi
Porter
Common Name: Vasey's boneset
- Eupatorium ×pinnatifidum
Ell. [capillifolium x perfoliatum]
Common Name: pinnate boneset
- Eurybia chlorolepis
(Burgess) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: mountain aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster divaricatus L. var. chlorolepis (Burgess) Ahles
-
• Aster chlorolepis Burgess
- Eurybia divaricata
(L.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: white wood aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster divaricata L.
- Eurybia hemispherica
(Alexander) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: southern prairie aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster paludosus Aiton ssp. Hemisphericus (Alexander) Cronquist
- Eurybia macrophylla
(L.) Cass.
Common Name: bigleaf aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster macrophyllus L.
- Eurybia saxicastellii
(J.N. Campb. & M. Medley) G.L. Nesom
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: rockcastle aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster saxicastellii J.N. Campbell & M. Medley
- Eurybia schreberi
(Nees) G.L. Nesom
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Schreber's aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster schreberi Nees
- Eurybia surculosa
(Michx.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: creeping aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster surculosus Michx.
- Euthamia graminifolia
(L.) Nutt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
Common Name: flat-top goldentop
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
- Euthamia gymnospermoides
Greene
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: Texas goldentop
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago gymnospermoides (Greene) Fern.
- Euthamia leptocephala
(Torr. & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
Common Name: bushy goldentop
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A. Gray
- Eutrochium fistulosum
(Barratt) Lamont
Common Name: trumpet weed
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium fistulosum Barratt
-
• Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus (Barratt) King & H.E. Robins.
- Eutrochium maculatum
(L.) Lamont
Common Name: spotted joe pye weed
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) King & H.E. Robins.
-
• Eupatorium maculatum L.
- Eutrochium purpureum
(L.) Lamont
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: sweetscented joe pye weed
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (L.) King & H.E. Robins.
-
• Eupatorium purpureum L.
- Eutrochium steelei
(Lamont) Lamont
Common Name: Steele's eupatorium
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium steelei Lamont
- Facelis retusa
*
(Lam.) Schulz-Bip.
Common Name: trampweed
Fleischmannia - [maps | photos]
- Fleischmannia incarnata
(Walt.) R.M. King & H.E. Robins.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
Common Name: pink thoroughwort
Synonyms:
-
• Eupatorium incarnatum Walt.
- Gaillardia pulchella
*
Foug.
Common Name: firewheel, blanket flower
- Galinsoga parviflora
*
Cav.
Common Name: gallant-soldier
- Galinsoga quadriradiata
*
Ruiz & Pavón
Common Name: shaggy-soldier
Synonyms:
-
• Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) Blake
- Gamochaeta argyrinea
G.L. Nesom
Common Name: Silvery cudweed
- Gamochaeta pensylvanica
(Willd.) Cabrera
Common Name: Pennsylvania everlasting
- Gamochaeta purpurea
(L.) Cabrera
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: spoonleaf purple everlasting
Synonyms:
-
• Gnaphalium purpureum L.
- Gnaphalium uliginosum
*
L.
Common Name: marsh cudweed
- Grindelia lanceolata
Nutt.
Common Name: narrowleaf gum weed
- Grindelia squarrosa
*
(Pursh) Dunal
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: curlycup gum weed
- Hasteola suaveolens
L. Pojark.
(TN Special Concern)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: false Indian plaintain
Synonyms:
-
• Cacalia suaveolens L.
- Helenium amarum
(Raf.) H. Rock
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: yellowdicks
- Helenium autumnale
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: common sneezeweed
- Helenium brevifolium
(Nutt.) Wood
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: shortleaf sneezeweed
- Helenium flexuosum
Raf.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: purplehead sneezeweed
- Helianthus angustifolius
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: swamp sunflower
- Helianthus annuus
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
Common Name: common sunflower
- Helianthus atrorubens
L.
Common Name: purpledisk sunflower
- Helianthus decapetalus
L.
NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
Common Name: thinleaf sunflower
- Helianthus divaricatus
L.
Common Name: woodland sunflower
- Helianthus eggertii
Small
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Eggert's sunflower
- Helianthus giganteus
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: giant sunflower
- Helianthus glaucophyllus
D.M. Sm.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: whiteleaf sunflower
- Helianthus grosseserratus
M. Martens
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: sawtooth sunflower
- Helianthus hirsutus
Raf.
Common Name: hairy sunflower
- Helianthus maximiliani
Schrad.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: Maximilian sunflower
- Helianthus microcephalus
Torr. & A. Gray
NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
Common Name: small woodland sunflower
- Helianthus mollis
Lam.
Common Name: ashy sunflower
- Helianthus occidentalis
Riddell
(TN Special Concern)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: fewleaf sunflower
- Helianthus petiolaris
*
Nutt.
Common Name: prairie coneflower
- Helianthus silphioides
Nutt.
Common Name: rosinweed sunflower
- Helianthus smithii
Heiser
Common Name: Smith's sunflower
- Helianthus strumosus
L.
Common Name: paleleaf woodland sunflower
- Helianthus tuberosus
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: Jerusalem artichoke
- Helianthus verticillatus
Small
(TN Endangered)
(Fed Candidate Species)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: whorled sunflower
- Helianthus ×laetiflorus
Pers. (pro sp.) [pauciflorus x tuberosus]
Common Name: cheerful sunflower
- Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet
Common Name: smooth oxeye
- Heterotheca camporum
(Greene) Shinners
Common Name: lemon yellow false golden aster
- Heterotheca subaxillaris
(Lam.) Britton & Rusby
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: camphor weed
- Hieracium caespitosum
*
Dumort.
Common Name: meadow hawkweed
Synonyms:
-
• Hieracium pratense Tausch
- Hieracium gronovii
L.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: queendevil
- Hieracium longipilum
Torr.
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: hairy hawkweed
- Hieracium paniculatum
L.
Common Name: Allegheny hawkweed
- Hieracium pilosella
*
L.
Common Name: mouseear hawkweed
- Hieracium scabrum
Michx.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: rough hawkweed
- Hieracium venosum
L.
Common Name: rattlesnake weed
- Hieracium ×marianum Willd. (pro sp.) [gronovii x venosum]
- Hypochaeris radicata
*
L.
Common Name: hairy catsear
- Inula helenium
*
L.
Common Name: elecampane inula
- Ionactis linariifolia
(L.) Greene
Common Name: flaxleaf whitetop aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster linariifolius L.
- Iva annua
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: annual marsh elder
- Iva ciliata
*
Willd.
Common Name: Annual Sumpweed
- Krigia biflora
(Walt.) S.F. Blake
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: twoflower dwarf dandelion
- Krigia caespitosa
(Raf.) K.L. Chambers
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
Common Name: weedy dwarf dandelion
Synonyms:
-
• Krigia oppositifolia Raf.
- Krigia dandelion
(L.) Nutt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: potato dwarf dandelion
- Krigia montana
(Michx.) Nutt.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: mountain dwarf dandelion
- Krigia virginica
(L.) Willd.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: Virginia dwarf dandelion
- Lactuca biennis
(Moench) Fernald
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: tall blue lettuce
- Lactuca canadensis
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: Canada lettuce
- Lactuca floridana
(L.) Gaertn.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: woodland lettuce
- Lactuca graminifolia
Michx.
Common Name: grassleaf lettuce
- Lactuca hirsuta
Muhl. ex Nutt.
Common Name: hairy lettuce
- Lactuca saligna
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: willowleaf lettuce
- Lactuca serriola
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: prickly lettuce
Synonyms:
-
• Lactuca scariola L.
- Lapsana communis
*
L.
Common Name: common nipplewort
- Leontodon saxatilis
*
Lam.
Common Name: lesser hawkbit
Synonyms:
-
• Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Merat
Leucanthemum - [maps | photos]
- Leucanthemum vulgare
*
Lam.
Common Name: oxeye daisy
Synonyms:
-
• Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.
- Liatris aspera
Michx.
Common Name: tall blazing star
- Liatris cylindracea
Michx.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: Ontario blazing star
- Liatris microcephala
(Small) K. Schum.
Common Name: smallhead blazing star
- Liatris pilosa
(Aiton) Willd.
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: shaggy blazing star
- Liatris scariosa
(L.) Willd
Common Name: devil's bite
- Liatris spicata
(L.) Willd.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: dense blazing star
- Liatris squarrosa
(L.) Michx.
Common Name: scaly blazing star
- Liatris squarrulosa
Michx.
Common Name: Appalachian blazing star
- Marshallia grandiflora
Beadle & F.E. Boynton
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: Monongahela Barbara's buttons
- Marshallia obovata
(Walt.) Beadle & F.E. Boynton
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: spoonshape Barbara's buttons
- Marshallia trinervia
(Walt.) Trel.
(TN Threatened)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: broadleaf Barbara's buttons
- Matricaria discoidea
*
DC.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: disc mayweed
Synonyms:
-
• Artemisia matricarioides auct. non Less.
- Melanthera nivea
(L.) Small
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: snow squarestem
Synonyms:
-
• Melanthera hastata Michx.
- Mikania scandens
(L.) Willd.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
Common Name: climbing hemp vine
- Nabalus albus
(L.) Hook.
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: white snakeroot
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes alba L.
- Nabalus altissimus
(L.) Hook.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: tall rattlesnake root
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes altissima L.
- Nabalus asper
(Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: rough rattlesnake root
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes aspera Michx.
- Nabalus barbatus
Torr. & A. Gray
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: barbed rattlesnake root
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes barbata (Torr. & A. Gray) Milstead ex Cronquist
- Nabalus crepidineus
(Michx.) A. DC.
(TN Special Concern)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: nodding rattlesnake root
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes crepidinea Michx.
- Nabalus roanensis
Chickering
Common Name: Roan Mountain rattlesnake root
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes roanensis (Chickering) Chickering
- Nabalus serpentarius
(Pursh) Hook.
Common Name: canker weed
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh
- Nabalus trifoliolatus
Cass.
Common Name: gall of the earth
Synonyms:
-
• Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald
- Oclemena acuminata
(Michx.) Greene
Common Name: whorled wood aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster acuminatus Michx.
- Packera anonyma
(Wood) Weber & A. Löve
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: Small's ragwort
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio smallii Britton
-
• Senecio anonymus Wood
- Packera aurea
(L.) A. & D. Löve
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: golden ragwort
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio aureus L.
- Packera crawfordii
(Britton) A.M. Mahoney & R.R. Kowal
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Crawford's Ragwort
- Packera glabella
(Poir.) C. Jeffrey
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
Common Name: butterweed
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio glabellus Poir.
- Packera obovata
(Muhl. Ex Willd.) Weber & A. Löve
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: roundleaf ragwort
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio obovatus Muhl. Ex Willd.
- Packera paupercula
(Michx.) A. & D. Löve
Common Name: balsam groundsel
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio pauperculus Michx.
- Packera schweinitziana
(Nutt.) Weber & A. Löve
(TN Threatened)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: Schweinitz's ragwort
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio robbinsii Oakes ex Rusby
-
• Senecio schweinitzianus Nutt.
- Parthenium integrifolium L. var. hispidum
(Raf.) Mears
Common Name: wild quinine
- Parthenium integrifolium L. var. integrifolium
Common Name: feverfew
- Picris hieracioides
*
L.
Common Name: hawkweed oxtongue
- Pityopsis aspera (Shuttlw. ex Small) Small var. adenolepis
(Fernald) Semple & F.D. Bowers
Common Name: Carolina silkgrass
Synonyms:
-
• Chrysopsis adenolepis Fernald
- Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. var. graminifolia
Common Name: narrowleaf silk grass
Synonyms:
-
• Heterotheca graminifolia (Michx.) Shinners
-
• Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Ell.
- Pityopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. var. latifolia
(Fernald) Semple & F.D. Bowers
Common Name: narrowleaf silkgrass
Synonyms:
-
• Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Ell. var. latifolia Fernald
- Pityopsis ruthii
(Small) Small
(TN Endangered)
(Fed Listed Endangered)
Common Name: Ruth's golden aster
Synonyms:
-
• Heterotheca ruthii (Small) Harms
-
• Chrysopsis ruthii Small
- Pluchea camphorata
(L.) DC.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: camphor weed
- Polymnia canadensis
L.
Common Name: whiteflower leafcup
- Polymnia johnbeckii
D. Estes
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: John Beck's Leafcup
- Polymnia laevigata
Beadle
Common Name: Tennessee leafcup
Pseudognaphalium - [maps | photos]
- Pseudognaphalium helleri
(Britton) Anderb.
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Heller's cudweed
Synonyms:
-
• Gnaphalium helleri Britton
- Pseudognaphalium micradenium
(Weath.) G. L. Nesom
Common Name: Heller's cudweed
Synonyms:
-
• Gnaphalium helleri Britton var. micradenium (Weatherby) Mahler
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
(L.) Hilliard & Burtt
Common Name: rabbit tobacco
Synonyms:
-
• Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.
Pyrrhopappus - [maps | photos]
- Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
(Walt.) DC.
Common Name: Carolina false dandelion
- Ratibida columnifera
(Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.
Common Name: upright prairie coneflower
- Ratibida pinnata
(Vent.) Barnhart
Common Name: pinnate prairie coneflower
- Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton var. fulgida
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: orange coneflower
- Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton var. umbrosa
(C.L. Boynt. & Beadle) Cronquist
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: orange coneflower
- Rudbeckia hirta L. var. hirta
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: blackeyed Susan
- Rudbeckia hirta L. var. pulcherrima
Farw.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: blackeyed Susan
- Rudbeckia laciniata L. var. digitata
(Mill.) Fiori
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: cutleaf coneflower
- Rudbeckia laciniata L. var. laciniata
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: cutleaf coneflower
- Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Pursh
(TN Threatened)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: sweet coneflower
- Rudbeckia triloba L. var. beadlei
(Small) Fernald
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: browneyed Susan
Synonyms:
-
• Rudbeckia triloba L. var. pinnatiloba Torr. & A.Gray
- Rudbeckia triloba L. var. triloba
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: browneyed Susan
- Rugelia nudicaulis
Shuttlew. ex Chapman
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Rugel's Indian plantain
Synonyms:
-
• Senecio rugelia Gray
-
• Cacalia rugelia (Gray) Barkl. & Cronq.
-
• Senecio rugelia Gray
-
• Cacalia rugelia (Gray) Barkl. & Cronq.
- Senecio vulgaris
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: old-man-in-the-Spring
Sericocarpus - [maps | photos]
- Sericocarpus asteroides
(L.) B.S.P.
Common Name: toothed whitetop aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster paternus Cronq.
- Sericocarpus linifolius
(L.) B.S.P.
Common Name: narrowleaf whitetop aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster solidagineus Michx.
- Silphium asteriscus L. var. asteriscus
Common Name: starry rosinweed
- Silphium asteriscus L. var. latifolium
(A. Gray) J.A. Clevinger
Common Name: whorled rosinweed
- Silphium brachiatum
Gattinger
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Cumberland rosinweed
- Silphium compositum
Michx.
Common Name: kidneyleaf rosinweed
- Silphium glabrum
Eggert ex small
Common Name: wholeleaf rosinweed
- Silphium integrifolium
Michx.
Common Name: wholeleaf rosinweed
- Silphium laciniatum
L.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: compass plant
- Silphium mohrii
Small
Common Name: Mohr's rosinweed
- Silphium perfoliatum
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: cup plant
- Silphium pinnatifidum
Ell.
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: tansy rosinweed
Synonyms:
-
• Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. var. pinnatifidum (Ell.) Gray
- Silphium terebinthinaceum
Jacq.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: prairie rosinweed
- Silphium trifoliatum
L.
Common Name: whorled rosinweed
Synonyms:
-
• Silphium asteriscus L. var. trifoliatum (L.) J.A. Clevinger
- Silphium wasiotense
Medley
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Appalachian rosinweed
- Silybum marianum
*
(L.) Gaertn.
Common Name: blessed milk thistle
Synonyms:
-
• Carduus marianus L.
- Smallanthus uvedalius
(L.) Mackenzie ex Small
Common Name: hairy leafcup
Synonyms:
-
• Polymnia uvedalia (L.) L.
- Solidago altissima
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: tall goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago canadensis L. var. scabra Torr. & A. Gray
- Solidago arenicola
B.R. Keener & Kral
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: Southern racemose goldenrod
- Solidago arguta Aiton var. arguta
Common Name: Atlantic goldenrod
- Solidago arguta Aiton var. boottii
(Hook.) Palmer & Steyerm.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: Boott's goldenrod
- Solidago arguta Aiton var. caroliniana
A. Gray
Common Name: Atlantic goldenrod
- Solidago auriculata
Shuttlew. ex Blake
(TN Threatened)
Common Name: eared goldenrod
- Solidago austrina
Small
(TN Special Concern)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: Virginia goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago gracillima Torr. & A.Gray
- Solidago bicolor
L.
Common Name: white goldenrod
- Solidago caesia
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: wreath goldenrod
- Solidago curtisii
Torr. & A. Gray
Common Name: mountain decumbent goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago caesia L. var. curtisii (Torr. & A. Gray) Wood
- Solidago erecta
Banks ex Pursh
Common Name: showy goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago speciosa Nutt. var. erecta (Pursh) MacM.
- Solidago faucibus
Wieboldt
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: gorge goldenrod
- Solidago flaccidifolia
Small
Common Name: mountain goldenrod
- Solidago flexicaulis
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: zigzag goldenrod
- Solidago gattingeri
Chapman ex A.Gray
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Gattinger's goldenrod
- Solidago gigantea
Aiton
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: giant goldenrod
- Solidago glomerata
Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: skunk goldenrod
- Solidago hispida
Muhl. ex Willd.
Common Name: hairy goldenrod
- Solidago juncea
Aiton
Common Name: early goldenrod
- Solidago lancifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Chapman (TN Endangered)
- Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Var. fasciculata
Holz.
Common Name: Missouri goldenrod
- Solidago nemoralis
Aiton
Common Name: gray goldenrod
- Solidago odora
Aiton
Common Name: anisescented goldenrod
- Solidago patula
Muhl. ex Willd.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: roughleaf goldenrod
- Solidago porteri
Aiton
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Porter's Goldenrod
- Solidago ptarmicoides
(Torr. & A. Gray) B. Boivin
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: Upland White Aster
Synonyms:
-
• Oligoneuron album (Nutt.) Nesom
-
• Aster ptarmicoides (Nees) Torr. & Gray
- Solidago puberula
Nutt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: downy goldenrod
- Solidago racemosa
Greene
Common Name: sticky goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago simplex Kunth var. racemosa (Greene) G.S. Ringius
- Solidago rigida L. ssp. glabrata
(E.L. Braun) Heard & Semple
Common Name: stiff goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. glabratum (E.L. Braun) Nesom
- Solidago rigida L. ssp. rigida
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: stiff goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. rigidum
- Solidago roanensis
Porter
Common Name: Roan Mountain goldenrod
- Solidago rugosa Mill. var. aspera
(Aiton) Fernald
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: wrinkleleaf goldenrod
Synonyms:
-
• Solidago rugosa Mill. ssp. aspera (Aiton) Cronquist
- Solidago rupestris
Raf.
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: rock goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa Nutt. var. rigidiuscula
Torr. & A. Gray
Common Name: showy goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa Nutt. var. speciosa
Common Name: showy goldenrod
- Solidago sphacelata
Raf.
Common Name: autumn goldenrod
- Solidago spithamaea
M.A. Curtis
(TN Endangered)
(Fed Listed Threatened)
Common Name: Blue Ridge goldenrod
- Solidago tarda
Mackenzie ex Small
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: slow goldenrod
- Solidago ulmifolia
Muhl. ex Willd.
Common Name: elmleaf goldenrod
- Soliva sessilis
*
Ruiz & Pavon
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
Common Name: field burr weed
Synonyms:
-
• Soliva pterosperma (Juss.) Less.
- Sonchus arvensis
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: field sow thistle
- Sonchus asper
*
(L.) Hill
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: spiny sow thistle
- Sonchus oleraceus
*
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: common sow thistle
Symphyotrichum - [maps | photos]
- Symphyotrichum concolor
(L.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: eastern silver aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster concolor L.
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium
(L.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: common blue wood aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster cordifolium L.
- Symphyotrichum drummondii
(Lindl.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: Drummond's aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster drummondii Lindl.
- Symphyotrichum dumosum
(L.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: rice button aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster dumosus L.
- Symphyotrichum ericoides
(L.) G.L. Nesom
(TN Threatened)
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
Common Name: bushy aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster ericoides L.
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum
Common Name: smooth blue aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster laevis L. var. concinnus (Willd.) House
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve
Common Name: smooth blue aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster laevis L. var. laevis
- Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
(Willd.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
Common Name: white panicle aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster lanceolatus Willd.
-
• Aster simplex Willd.
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
(L.) A.&D. Löve
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: calico aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton
- Symphyotrichum lowrieanus
(Porter) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: Lowrie's blue wood aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster lowrieanus Porter
- Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
(L.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: New England aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster novae-angliae L.
- Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
(Nutt.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: aromatic aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
- Symphyotrichum ontarionis
(Wiegand) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: bottomland aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster ontarionis Wieg.
- Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
(Riddell) G.L. Nesom
(TN Special Concern)
Common Name: skyblue aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster oolentangiensis Riddell
- Symphyotrichum patens
(Aiton) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: late purple aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster patens Ait.
- Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
(Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: phlox-leaved aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster phlogifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
- Symphyotrichum pilosum
(Willd.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
Common Name: hairy white oldfield aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster pilosus Willd.
- Symphyotrichum praealtum
(Poir.) G.L. Nesom
(TN Endangered)
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
Common Name: willowleaf aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster praealtus Poir.
- Symphyotrichum pratense
(Raf.) G.L. Nesom
(TN Endangered)
Common Name: barrens silky aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster pratensis Raf.
- Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
(Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: crookedstem aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster prenanthoides Muhl. ex Willd.
- Symphyotrichum priceae
(Britton) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: lavender oldfield aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster pilosus Willd. Var. priceae (Britton) Cronquist
-
• Aster priceae Britton
- Symphyotrichum puniceum
(L.) A.&D. Löve
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: purplestem aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster puniceus L.
- Symphyotrichum racemosum
(Elliott) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: flexible aster
- Symphyotrichum retroflexum
(Lindl. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: rigid whitetop aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster retroflexus Lindl. Ex DC.
-
• Aster curtisii Torr. & Gray
- Symphyotrichum shortii
(Lindl.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: Short's aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster shortii Lindl.
- Symphyotrichum subulatum
(Michx.) G.L. Nesom
NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
Common Name: southern annual saltmarsh aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster subulatus Michx. Var. ligulatus Shinners
- Symphyotrichum undulatum
(L.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: waxyleaf aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster undulatus L.
- Symphyotrichum urophyllum
(DC.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: white arrowleaf aster
Synonyms:
-
• Aster urophyllus Lindl.
- Tanacetum vulgare
*
L.
Common Name: common tansy
- Taraxacum erythrospermum
*
Andrz. ex Bess.
Common Name: rock dandelion
Synonyms:
-
• Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC
- Taraxacum officinale
*
(L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: dandelion
Tetragonotheca - [maps | photos]
- Tetragonotheca helianthoides
L.
(TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
Common Name: pineland nerveray
- Tragopogon dubius
*
Scop.
Common Name: goatsbeard
- Tragopogon porrifolius
*
L.
Common Name: salsify, goatsbeard
- Tussilago farfara * L.
- Verbesina alternifolia
(L.) Britton ex Kearney
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: wingstem
- Verbesina helianthoides
Michx.
Common Name: gravelweed
- Verbesina occidentalis
(L.) Walt.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: yellow crownbeard
- Verbesina virginica
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: white crownbeard
- Vernonia flaccidifolia
Small
Common Name: Tennessee ironweed
- Vernonia gigantea
(Walter) Trel.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: giant ironweed
Synonyms:
-
• Vernonia altissima Nutt.
- Vernonia missurica
Raf.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: Missouri ironweed
- Vernonia noveboracensis
(L.) Michx.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
Common Name: New York ironweed
- Xanthium strumarium
L.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative
Common Name: rough cockleburr
- Youngia japonica
*
(L.) DC.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
Common Name: oriental false hawksbeard
Synonyms:
-
• Crepis japonica (L.) Benth.