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Helianthus argophyllus

Helianthus argophyllus Torr. & A. Gray  
Family: Asteraceae
Silver-Leaf Sunflower
[Helianthus argophyllis Torr. & A. Gray]
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Edward E. Schilling in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Annuals, 100-300 cm. Stems (silvery white) erect, usually tomentose or floccose. Leaves mostly cauline; mostly alternate; petioles 2-10 cm; blades ovate to lance-ovate, 15-25 × 10-20 cm, bases truncate to subcordate, margins entire or serrulate, abaxial faces usually floccose, sericeous, or tomentose, gland-dotted . Heads 1-5. Peduncles 2-8 cm. Involucres hemispheric, 20-30 mm diam. Phyllaries 20-35, ovate to lance-ovate, 15-18 × (2-)5-8 mm, apices long-attenuate, abaxial faces usually densely white-villous, gland-dotted. Paleae 10-11 mm, 3-toothed (apices glabrous or sparsely villous). Ray florets 15-20; laminae 20-30 mm. Disc florets 150+; corollas 6.5-7.5 mm, lobes reddish; anthers dark, appendages dark (style branches reddish ). Cypselae 4-6 mm, glabrate; pappi of 2 aristate scales 2-2.7 mm. 2n = 34.

Flowering late summer-fall. Open areas, sandy soils; 0-30+ m; Fla., N.C., Tex.; introduced in South America (Argentina), Africa, Australia.

Helianthus argophyllus hybridizes naturally with H. annuus.

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