FNPS Plant Database

Carphephorus corymbosus

deer tongue, coastal-plain chaffhead, Florida paintbrush

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

deer tongue, coastal-plain chaffhead, Florida paintbrush

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Carphephorus corymbosus

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

2.5 - 4 ft tall by 1 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white,purple

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Winters as a basal rosette. Blooms late summer into fall.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Dry meadows. Wildflower gardens.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagation:

Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts many butterflies ( NSIS ), bees and other pollinators.  One documented bee is  Halictus ligatus (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, scrubby flatwoods, mesic flatwoods.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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