Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

SPECIES

Achillea - [maps | photos]

Acmella - [maps | photos]

  • 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 - [maps | photos]

  • Ageratina altissima (L.) R.M. King & H.E. Robins.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: white snakeroot
    Synonyms:
             • Eupatorium rugosum Houtt. var. roanense (Small) Fern.
             • Eupatorium roanense Small
             • Eupatorium rugosum Houtt.
             • Ageratum altissimum L., non Eupatorium altissimum L.
             • Eupatorium aromaticum L.
             • Eupatorium luciae-brauniae Fern.

Ambrosia - [maps | photos]

Amphiachyris - [maps | photos]

             • Gutierrezia dracunculoides (DC.) Blake
             • Xanthocephalum dracunculoides (DC.) Shinners

Antennaria - [maps | photos]

             • Antennaria fallax Greene
             • Antennaria nemoralis Greene

Anthemis - [maps | photos]

  • Anthemis cotula * L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: stinking chamomile

Arctium - [maps | photos]

Arnoglossum - [maps | photos]

             • Cacalia atriplicifolia L.
  • Arnoglossum plantagineum Raf. (TN Threatened)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: groovestem Indian plaintain
    Synonyms:
             • Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
             • Arnoglossum muehlenbergii (Schulz-Bip.) H.E. Robins.
             • Cacalia muehlenbergii (Schulz-Bip.) Fernald

Artemisia - [maps | photos]

  • Artemisia annua * L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: sweet sagewort

Aster - [maps | photos]

Astranthium - [maps | photos]

             • Bellis integrifolia Michx.

Baccharis - [maps | photos]

Bellis - [maps | photos]

Bidens - [maps | photos]

  • 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 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.

Boltonia - [maps | photos]

  • 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 - [maps | photos]

             • Chrysopsis pilosa Nutt.
             • Heterotheca pilosa (Nutt.) Shinners

Brickellia - [maps | photos]

             • Kuhnia eupatorioides L.

Carduus - [maps | photos]

Centaurea - [maps | photos]

             • Cnicus benedictus L.
             • Centaurea biebersteinii DC.
             • Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam.

Chrysogonum - [maps | photos]

Chrysopsis - [maps | photos]

  • Chrysopsis mariana (L.) Ell.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
    Common Name: Maryland golden aster
    Synonyms:
             • Heterotheca mariana (L.) Shinners

Cichorium - [maps | photos]

Cirsium - [maps | photos]

             • Carduus altissimus L.
  • Cirsium arvense * (L.) Scop.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
    Common Name: Canada thistle
    Synonyms:
             • Carduus arvensis (L.) Robson
             • 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 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 - [maps | photos]

             • Eupatorium coelestinum L.

Conyza - [maps | photos]

  • Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: Canadian horseweed
    Synonyms:
             • Erigeron canadensis L.
             • Erigeron divaricatus Michx.

Coreopsis - [maps | photos]

Cosmos - [maps | photos]

Crepis - [maps | photos]

Doellingeria - [maps | photos]

             • Aster infirmus Michx.
             • Aster umbellatus P. Mill.

Dracopis - [maps | photos]

Dyssodia - [maps | photos]

Echinacea - [maps | photos]

  • Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: pale 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 - [maps | photos]

  • Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: false daisy
    Synonyms:
             • Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.

Elephantopus - [maps | photos]

Erechtites - [maps | photos]

Erigeron - [maps | photos]

  • Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: eastern daisy fleabane

Eupatorium - [maps | photos]

  • Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
    Common Name: justice weed
  • 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. ssp. ovatum (Bigelow) Montgomery & Fairbrothers p.p.
             • Eupatorium rotundifolium L. var. scabridum (Ell.) A. Gray

Eurybia - [maps | photos]

             • Aster chlorolepis Burgess
             • Aster divaricatus L. var. chlorolepis (Burgess) Ahles
             • 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
             • 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
             • Aster surculosus Michx.

Euthamia - [maps | photos]

  • Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: flat-top goldentop
    Synonyms:
             • Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.
             • 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 - [maps | photos]

             • Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus (Barratt) King & H.E. Robins.
             • Eupatorium fistulosum Barratt
             • Eupatorium maculatum L.
             • Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) King & H.E. Robins.
  • Eutrochium purpureum (L.) Lamont
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: sweetscented joe pye weed
    Synonyms:
             • Eupatorium purpureum L.
             • Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (L.) King & H.E. Robins.
             • Eupatorium steelei Lamont

Facelis - [maps | photos]

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 - [maps | photos]

Galinsoga - [maps | photos]

             • Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) Blake

Gamochaeta - [maps | photos]

  • Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
    Common Name: spoonleaf purple everlasting
    Synonyms:
             • Gnaphalium purpureum L.

Gnaphalium - [maps | photos]

Grindelia - [maps | photos]

  • Grindelia squarrosa * (Pursh) Dunal
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: curlycup gum weed

Hasteola - [maps | photos]

  • Hasteola suaveolens L. Pojark. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: false Indian plaintain
    Synonyms:
             • Cacalia suaveolens L.

Helenium - [maps | photos]

  • Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: yellowdicks
  • 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 - [maps | photos]

  • Helianthus occidentalis Riddell (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: fewleaf sunflower
  • Helianthus verticillatus Small (TN Endangered)  (Fed Candidate Species)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: whorled sunflower

Heliopsis - [maps | photos]

Heterotheca - [maps | photos]

Hieracium - [maps | photos]

             • Hieracium pratense Tausch

Hypochaeris - [maps | photos]

Inula - [maps | photos]

Ionactis - [maps | photos]

             • Aster linariifolius L.

Iva - [maps | photos]

  • Iva annua * L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative
    Common Name: annual marsh elder

Krigia - [maps | photos]

  • 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 - [maps | photos]

  • Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: tall blue lettuce
  • Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: woodland 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 - [maps | photos]

Leontodon - [maps | photos]

             • Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Merat

Leucanthemum - [maps | photos]

             • Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.

Liatris - [maps | photos]

  • Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd. (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: shaggy blazing star
  • Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: dense blazing star

Marshallia - [maps | photos]

  • 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 - [maps | photos]

             • Artemisia matricarioides auct. non Less.

Melanthera - [maps | photos]

  • Melanthera nivea (L.) Small
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: snow squarestem
    Synonyms:
             • Melanthera hastata Michx.

Mikania - [maps | photos]

  • Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
    Common Name: climbing hemp vine

Nabalus - [maps | photos]

  • 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.
             • Prenanthes roanensis (Chickering) Chickering
             • Prenanthes serpentaria Pursh
             • Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fernald

Oclemena - [maps | photos]

             • Aster acuminatus Michx.

Packera - [maps | photos]

  • 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.
             • 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 - [maps | photos]

Picris - [maps | photos]

Pityopsis - [maps | photos]

             • Chrysopsis adenolepis Fernald
             • Heterotheca graminifolia (Michx.) Shinners
             • Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Ell.
             • 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 - [maps | photos]

Polymnia - [maps | photos]

Pseudognaphalium - [maps | photos]

             • Gnaphalium helleri Britton
             • Gnaphalium helleri Britton var. micradenium (Weatherby) Mahler
             • Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.

Pyrrhopappus - [maps | photos]

Ratibida - [maps | photos]

Rudbeckia - [maps | photos]

             • Rudbeckia triloba L. var. pinnatiloba Torr. & A.Gray

Rugelia - [maps | photos]

  • Rugelia nudicaulis Shuttlew. ex Chapman (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: Rugel's ragwort, Rugel's Indian plantain
    Synonyms:
             • Cacalia rugelia (Gray) Barkl. & Cronq.
             • Senecio rugelia Gray
             • Cacalia rugelia (Gray) Barkl. & Cronq.
             • Senecio rugelia Gray

Senecio - [maps | photos]

  • Senecio vulgaris * L.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: old-man-in-the-Spring

Sericocarpus - [maps | photos]

             • Aster paternus Cronq.
             • Aster solidagineus Michx.

Silphium - [maps | photos]

             • Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. var. pinnatifidum (Ell.) Gray
             • Silphium asteriscus L. var. trifoliatum (L.) J.A. Clevinger

Silybum - [maps | photos]

             • Carduus marianus L.

Smallanthus - [maps | photos]

             • Polymnia uvedalia (L.) L.

Solidago - [maps | photos]

  • 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 austrina Small (TN Special Concern)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: Virginia goldenrod
    Synonyms:
             • Solidago gracillima Torr. & A.Gray
  • 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 speciosa Nutt. var. erecta (Pursh) MacM.
  • Solidago gigantea Aiton
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
    Common Name: giant goldenrod
  • Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: roughleaf goldenrod
  • Solidago ptarmicoides (Torr. & A. Gray) B. Boivin (TN Endangered)
    Common Name: Upland White Aster
    Synonyms:
             • Aster ptarmicoides (Nees) Torr. & Gray
             • Oligoneuron album (Nutt.) Nesom
             • Solidago simplex Kunth var. racemosa (Greene) G.S. Ringius
             • Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. glabratum (E.L. Braun) Nesom
             • Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. rigidum
             • Solidago rugosa Mill. ssp. aspera (Aiton) Cronquist
  • 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

Soliva - [maps | photos]

  • Soliva sessilis * Ruiz & Pavon
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
    Common Name: field burr weed
    Synonyms:
             • Soliva pterosperma (Juss.) Less.

Sonchus - [maps | photos]

  • 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]

             • Aster concolor L.
             • Aster cordifolium L.
             • Aster drummondii Lindl.
             • Aster dumosus L.
  • Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) G.L. Nesom (TN Threatened)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
    Common Name: bushy aster
    Synonyms:
             • Aster ericoides L.
             • Aster laevis L. var. concinnus (Willd.) House
             • Aster laevis L. var. laevis
             • Aster simplex Willd.
             • Aster lanceolatus Willd.
             • Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton
             • Aster lowrieanus Porter
             • Aster novae-angliae L.
             • Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
             • Aster ontarionis Wieg.
             • Aster oolentangiensis Riddell
             • Aster patens Ait.
             • 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.
             • Aster pratensis Raf.
             • Aster prenanthoides Muhl. ex Willd.
             • Aster priceae Britton
             • Aster pilosus Willd. Var. priceae (Britton) Cronquist
             • Aster puniceus L.
             • Aster retroflexus Lindl. Ex DC.
             • Aster curtisii Torr. & Gray
             • 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
             • Aster undulatus L.
             • Aster urophyllus Lindl.

Tanacetum - [maps | photos]

Taraxacum - [maps | photos]

             • Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC
  • Taraxacum officinale * (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: dandelion

Tetragonotheca - [maps | photos]

Tragopogon - [maps | photos]

Tussilago - [maps | photos]

Verbesina - [maps | photos]

Vernonia - [maps | photos]

  • Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
    Common Name: giant ironweed
    Synonyms:
             • Vernonia altissima Nutt.

Xanthium - [maps | photos]

Youngia - [maps | photos]

  • Youngia japonica * (L.) DC.
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: oriental false hawksbeard
    Synonyms:
             • Crepis japonica (L.) Benth.