Close-up of a whorled sunflower in a field

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Richard Ware

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The whorled sunflower (Helianthus verticillatus) is an herbaceous, flowering plant first described in 1982 based off a collection from Chester County, Tennessee. Of the nine known historic populations in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia, it is extant in eight.
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Endangered and/or Threatened species
Flowering plants
Wildflowers