Brintonia discoidea

Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
Common Name:Rayless Mock Goldenrod
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Rayless Mock Goldenrod is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native to the southern two-thirds of Alabama. Rayless Mock Goldenrod grows in rich hardwood forests, in ravines, and on hardwood slopes. It is a perennial with a short, stout, creeping rhizome. The stems are green in color and pubescent. Stems are from 2-4 feet in height. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves and lower stems leaves are petiolate with winged petioles, ovate in outline, pubescent, and with toothed margins. The upper stem leaves are smaller with shorter petioles. They are also more elliptic in outline with smaller teeth. Stem leaves are alternate. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in narrow panicles near the tops of the stems. The heads have 8-20 pale yellow disc flowers and no ray flowers. Flowers turn rose purple then brown as they age. The fruit is an achene with a crown of white to purple barbed bristles. Rayless Mock Goldenrod has variously been placed in the genus Aster (as Aster discoideus Elliott), and in the genus Solidago (Solidago discoidea (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray). The absence of ray flowers has partially been responsible for this confusion. Most data (including DNA analysis) now support its placement in a separate genus that is closely related to the Goldenrods (subtribe Solidagininae).--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Brintonia
Species Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene - Rayless Mock Goldenrod

Citation

Citation Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene, Erythea 3(6): 89. 1895.
Basionym: Aster discoideus Elliott 1824 [1823].
Type: USA: GEORGIA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aster discoideus Aster discoideus Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 358. 1823. GEORGIA
Solidago discoidea Solidago discoidea (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 195. 1842.Aster discoideus Elliott 1823. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1984

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
SAMF0007093 Bibb 02 Oct 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6785
SAMF
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007587 Bibb 2 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
497
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UNA00060345 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10419
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AMAL00002775 Blount 14 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1449
AMAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72498 Henry 18 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
37977
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045422 Tuscaloosa 01 Oct 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1296
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0014682 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1272
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000001619 Crenshaw 22 Sep 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10545
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0047172 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
30
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72497 Lowndes 04 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84268
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104309 Bibb 31 Jul 1998 Whetstone, R. David
19612
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0038117 Shelby 01 Oct 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15051
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
USAM000001940 Mobile 01 Oct 1965 LeLong, Michel G.
4775
USAM
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72447 Dallas 07 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44953
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72449 Coosa 09 Oct 1989 Kral, Robert
77233
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72483 Geneva 05 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12195
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104312 Monroe 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19069
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007594 Shelby 26 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
421
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UNA00045424 Tuscaloosa 12 Oct 1881 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000039042 Cullman 9 Sep 1933 Wolf, Wolfgang
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72484 Washington 21 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37304
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
ALNHS00005063 Autauga 27 JUL 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3227
ALNHS
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0032784 Bibb 21 Sep 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9234
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72486 Tuscaloosa 10 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10849
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
USAM000001942 Baldwin 07 Oct 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
4152
USAM
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
ALNHS00006599 Elmore 29 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4848
ALNHS
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72476 Bibb 05 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
41087
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AMAL00010004 Blount 13 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christoper F.
922
AMAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045427 Hale 20 Aug 1966 Williams, Norris H.
434
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0001735 Butler 07 Nov 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21694
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72450 Clarke 07 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
45006
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72487 Tallapoosa 13 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86867
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0045061 Bibb 09 Oct 2006 Estes, Dwayne
9593
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007588 Bibb 10 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
366
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0032210 Sumter 17 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4883
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72452 Choctaw 21 Aug 1980 Causey, Ann S.
2080
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU139741 Clay 19 Oct 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
7015
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045429 Autauga 07 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1188
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007589 Choctaw 24 Aug 1995 Crouch, Virginia E.
1472
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007584 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37440
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
ALNHS00005175 Sumter 21 SEP 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3396
ALNHS
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0019185 Tallapoosa 13 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86867
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72488 Talladega 01 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44604
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104315 Shelby 09 Oct 1970 Kral, Robert
41499
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0033180 Montgomery 09 Nov 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25666
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72477 Bibb 20 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
790
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72451 Clarke 06 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44906
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72475 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93192
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72480 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37440
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007591 Escambia 6 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
705
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0039995 Bullock 28 Sep 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4245
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72485 Tuscaloosa 04 Oct 1912 Bartlett, Harley Harris
3330
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045428 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
JSU139740 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9404
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU139743 Bibb 01 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9235
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00056198 Geneva 05 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12195
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007583 Autauga 7 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1188
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72482 Autauga 11 Aug 1974 Gunn, Scott C.
53852
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104311 Marengo 07 Oct 1976 Kral, Robert
59406
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000024323 Clay 19 Sep 1999 Sorrie, Bruce A.
10345
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72499 Henry 08 Jun 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10636B
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000016486 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93192
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72495 Marengo 07 Oct 1976 Kral, Robert
59406
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72478 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37440
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007586 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10419
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0035938 Blount 25 Aug 2013 Anderson, Kelly
430
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000043313 Montgomery 09 Nov 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25666
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00049536 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
JSU104316 Tuscaloosa 10 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10849
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000047497 Autauga 19 Sep 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28511
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
USAM000001941 Mobile 15 Oct 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4851
USAM
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045425 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37440
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007592 Henry 1 Oct 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5571
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72481 Autauga 07 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1188
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007597 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1967 Eichlin, Thomas D.
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
TROY000034017 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13095
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000041856 Lowndes 17 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25626
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72493 Montgomery 07 Oct 1974 Kral, Robert
54480
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72444 Escambia 22 Oct 1993 Kral, Robert
71066
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AMAL00000409 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13095
AMAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007590 Dallas 3 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
236
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
ALNHS00000672 Monroe 05 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-424
ALNHS
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0037816 Coosa 17 Sep 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15028
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
JSU139739 Shelby 17 Sep 1986 Boehm, S.J.
141
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000036694 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1272
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045430 Lowndes 06 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1112
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AMAL00008131 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10419
AMAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72496 Lowndes 06 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1112
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000039041 Baldwin 30 Sep 1933 Blanton, Otto
173
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
TROY000049572 Autauga 24 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1114
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0034676 Lowndes 04 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84268
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72446 Dallas 07 Oct 1972 Kral, Robert
48935
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72492 Russell 14 Oct 1973 Kral, Robert
52421
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045423 Greene 22 Jul 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1100
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
SAMF0006561 Shelby 28 Sep 1988 Collier, Stephen
82
SAMF
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007595 Shelby 16 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
646
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
NY02351186 Tuscaloosa 20-Feb-05 George R. Vasey
s.n.
NY
Solidago discoidea (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
BRIT72453 Butler 07 Nov 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21694
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU139742 Chilton 22 Jun 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11706
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
TROY000016485 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10419
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0003020 Coosa 16 Sep 2010 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007585 Bibb 5 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
41087
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
TROY000031954 Butler 07 Nov 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21694
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Elliot) Greene
UWAL0042809 Baldwin 26 Oct 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
765
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72445 Dallas 03 Aug 1971 Kral, Robert
43514
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104310 Bibb 31 Jul 1998 Whetstone, R. David
19612
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UWAL0050150 Autauga 24 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1114
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72491 Shelby 25 Sep 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1874
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72494 Mobile 06 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44930
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72490 Shelby 09 Oct 1970 Kral, Robert
41499
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72500 Henry 02 Oct 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13534
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
JSU104313 Monroe 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19060
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000007596 Shelby 25 Sep 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1874
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UNA00027486 Mobile 10 Oct 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
AUA000007593 Lowndes 6 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1112
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72448 Coosa 21 Oct 1983 Kral, Robert
71016
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045426 Walker 03 Nov 1984 Horn, Charles N.
652
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UWAL0002305 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13095
UWAL
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
TROY000034205 Coosa 16 Sep 2010 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
TROY
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
UNA00054593 Blount 14 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1449
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
BRIT72479 Baldwin 05 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44872
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AMAL00009084 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93192
AMAL
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
UNA00045421 Tuscaloosa 26 Sep 1936 Harper, Roland M.
3539
UNA
Brintonia discoidea (Ell.) Greene
JSU104314 Shelby 10 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12354
JSU
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT90197 Wilcox 07 Oct 1971 Kral, Robert
44995
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
BRIT72489 Sumter 10 Oct 1974 Kral, Robert
54645
BRIT
Brintonia discoidea (Elliott) Greene
AUA000029401 Covington 22 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4552
AUA
Brintonia Discoidea (Ell.) Greene
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