About Chaptalia tomentosa Vent.
Chaptalia tomentosa, commonly called pineland daisy, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States. It has been documented in southern Alabama, Florida, southern Georgia, Louisiana, eastern Texas, southern Mississippi, eastern North Carolina, and South Carolina. Some publications also list the species from the West Indies, but this claim relies on the assumption that Chaptalia azurensis is a synonym of Chaptalia tomentosa. Chaptalia tomentosa is the type species for the genus Chaptalia. It grows in sandy soil in bogs, savannahs, and open areas across the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain. It is a perennial herb that grows in a leaf rosette and does not produce an underground rhizome. Its leaves are elliptical, reaching up to 25 cm in length. The underside of the leaves is densely covered in a thick coat of hairs, giving it a gray-white to orange color. Its ray flowers are cream-colored, with a purple streak running along the underside. Its achenes are glabrous, up to 6 mm long, with a slender hairy neck at the top that is 20-25% as long as the achene body.
