Helianthus atrorubens

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Helianthus
Species:	Helianthus atrorubens L.
Common Name	Purpledisc Sunflower; Purpledisk Sunflower
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: crenate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	4
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S3S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Whitley (KY), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Chester (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henderson (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1897 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100239035	Fentress	Tennessee	29 Sep 1977	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239092	Van Buren	Tennessee	13 Aug 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5355	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239043	Giles	Tennessee	09 Sep 2001	Dwayne Estes 2896	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	16 Aug 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229956	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229887	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229968	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229930	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229925	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229913	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229917	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229943	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229889	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229963	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229938	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
BEREA007597	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229906	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229948	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229964	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229922	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229935	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229900	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229927	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229907	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229896	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229949	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229954	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229876	Benton	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229912	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229890	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239068	Lewis	Tennessee	15 Aug 1991	Ronald L. Jones 6863	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100238946	McCreary	Kentucky	09 Aug 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6590	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU008045	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU008046	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0231348	Whitley	Kentucky			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229946	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229936	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229879	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229915	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229924	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229882	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229884	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229902	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229894	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229965	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
31234100746211	McCreary	Kentucky	08 Sep 2010	Tara R. Littlefield 2010-021	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100238938	McCreary	Kentucky	09 Aug 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6590	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239084	Roane	Tennessee	12 Sep 1976	H. R. Deselm s.n.	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU007050	Carter	Tennessee	11 Aug 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229929	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229923	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229897	Dickson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229920	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229899	Dickson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229941	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229932	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229959	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229892	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229934	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229914	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239027	Cumberland	Tennessee	13 Sep 1980	H. R. Deselm s.n.	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229950	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229898	Dickson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229908	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229960	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229916	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229940	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229947	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229953	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229921	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0231364	Calloway	Kentucky			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229951	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229903	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229928	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025276	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239019		Tennessee	21 Sep 1986	Landon E. McKinney 2366	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100238961	Whitley	Kentucky	16 Sep 1992	Landon E. McKinney 5259	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239076	Morgan	Tennessee	09 Aug 1990	Ronald Jones 6596	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU005390	Unicoi	Tennessee	23 Jul 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229893	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229883	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229880	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0231347	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229901	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229952	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229939	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229895	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229904	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0116358	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0072826	White	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
31234100239050	Giles	Tennessee	03 Aug 2001	Dwayne Estes 2839	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229905	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229955	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229933	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229919	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229885	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229944	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229957	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229926	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025274	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0115887	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0055033	Chester	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025110	Houston	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
HTTU003410	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Helianthus atrorubens
HTTU003412	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0244474	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU012361	Carter	Tennessee		15449	ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229910	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229886	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025279	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025109	Humphreys	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0086059	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
HTTU003411	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Helianthus atrorubens
HTTU003409	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT039756	Campbell	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT040051	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029150	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025107	Humphreys	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0116171	Laurel	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0116225	Bell	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0074801	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029145	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029146		Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029149	Loudon	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT040050	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229931	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025277	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025283	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025108	Houston	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0086058	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025280	Campbell	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0115885	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
HTTU003408	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU012363	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
N/A	Cheatham	Tennessee	19 Aug 1897	H. Eggert	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229967	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229937	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229891	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025273	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0069106	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0072825	White	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0115886	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025272	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025271	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029147	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
N/A	Knox	Tennessee		A. Ruth 678	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT029148	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UCHT041082	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
N/A		Tennessee		A. H. Curtiss 1439	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025278	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0091895	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0025275	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0040039	Lawrence	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0086026	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0055611	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
ETSU012362	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Helianthus atrorubens
N/A	Knox	Tennessee		A. Ruth 678	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
31234100238953	Pulaski	Kentucky	18 Aug 1987	Max E. Medley 17844	EKY Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229918	Houston	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229942	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229909	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229888	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229962	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229881	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229958	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229877	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229966	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229911	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229961	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0070975	Rockcastle	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0069392	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229878	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
TENN-V-0229945	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0115884	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
APSC0070976	Rockcastle	Kentucky			APSC Helianthus atrorubens
N/A	Cocke	Tennessee	06 Sep 1897	Thos H. Kearney 790	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
N/A		Tennessee		A. H. Curtiss 1439	UCHT Helianthus atrorubens
UOS00956	Van Buren	Tennessee	27 Sep 2002	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Helianthus atrorubens

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