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purpledisk honeycombhead
Scientific Name: Balduina atropurpurea
Family: Asteraceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names: GA (purple honeycomb head)
Purple Honeycomb Head (Balduina atropurpurea)
The plant commonly known as Purple Honeycomb Head, Bog Honeycomb-head or Purple Balduina is scientifically recognized as Balduina atropurpurea.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant is known to have ray florets and disk florets which could pose a choking hazard.
Considerations for Children
- This plant is known to have ray florets and disk florets which could pose a choking hazard.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Balduina atropurpurea
- Family: Asteraceae
- Synonyms: Endorima atropurpurea (Small, 1933)
Common Names
- Purple Balduina
- Bog Honeycomb-head
- Purple-disk Honeycomb-head
- Purple Honeycomb-head
- Purpledisk Honeycombhead
Similar Species
- Coastal honeycomb-head (Balduina angustifolia)
Distribution and Habitat
- The Purple Honeycomb Head was discovered in a "sloping bog" in Tifton, Georgia.
- Coastal-plain
Morphological Characteristics
- Each plant has 1-4 flower heads.
- Flower heads have yellow ray flowers surrounding a dark purple disk.
- Disk florets are purple, and ray florets are yellow.
- Phyllaries are mostly 5-7 mm long, cuspidate-acuminate.
- Heads with (15-) 20-34 flowers.
- Disk corollas purple.
- Basal leaves linear-spatulate, (7-) ca.
Bloom Period
- Blooms in August, September, October, and November.
- As the plant matures, the ray florets fall off, but the disk florets remain yellow.
Ecological Role
- Listed as "Endangered" or of "Special Concern, Historical" in some regions.
Quirky Facts
- The fruiting head hardens into a globose, honeycomb-like structure.
Further Information
- Dave's Garden
- ITIS Plant Database