Asteraceae
Coastal plain chaffhead
Carphephorus corymbosus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carphephorus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coastal plain chaffhead
Synonyms
- Liatris corymbosa Nutt.
Flowers
- In flower
- October (from 234 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lyn Roueche, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Valerie Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Guralnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: natalie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Guralnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.