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Your search found 314 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with BOTH DISC AND RAY flowers, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
Common Name:
Spiny Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Xanthium spinosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Xanthium spinosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xanthium spinosum 179-03-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in fields, disturbed ground
Waif(s)
Non-native: South America, apparently
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Common Name:
Common Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Xanthium chinense FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum 179-03-002b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in barnyards, pastures, bottomlands, other disturbed areas
Common
Original distribution unclear, but probably native to eastern North America
Common Name: Oriental Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Xanthium orientale FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium var. canadense FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in disturbed ground, roadsides, pastures, barnyards
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Original distribution unclear, widespread in e. N. America & nearly cosmopolitan
Common Name: Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Xanthium strumarium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in ballast, waste areas near ports
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Yellowtop
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera glabella FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera glabella FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio glabellus 179-19-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomland forests, cleared areas in bottomlands, often in mucky soils
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Packera millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio millefolium 179-19-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on granitic domes, cliffs, and rocky woodlands, over granite, gneiss, schist, and amphibolite
Rare, endemic to sw. NC, nw. SC, and ne. GA; disjunct in sw. VA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera anonyma FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera anonyma FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio smallii 179-19-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, roadsides, woodlands, hammocks, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio tomentosus 179-19-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on sandy roadsides, in sandy woodlands & forests, granitic flatrocks, granitic domes
Common (rare in Mtns), primarily Coastal Plain, but extending inland
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Balsam Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Packera paupercula var. paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in thickets, meadows, glades, generally over circumneutral soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Bog Ragwort, Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera crawfordii FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in bogs and fens
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Packera paupercula var. appalachiana FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO OUR MATERIAL) PLANTS National Database: Packera plattensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in glades, cliffs, barrens, over mafic, or calcareous rocks
Rare (an endemic)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Buck Creek Ragwort, Serpentine Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Packera serpenticola FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera serpenticola FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in serpentine barrens
Rare (endemic to the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren, Clay County, NC)
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel, Schweinitz's Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera schweinitziana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera schweinitziana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio robbinsii 179-19-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on grassy balds (in deep soil), at high elevations, in our area generally over metagabbro or amphibolite
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Packera aurea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera aurea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio aureus 179-19-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in moist forests, bottomlands, bogs, streambanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Packera obovata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera obovata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio obovatus 179-19-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in nutrient-rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks
Common in GA Mtns, uncommon in NC-SC Mtns & GA&NC Pdmt, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Tansy Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Asteraceae
PLANTS National Database: Senecio jacobaea FAMILY: Asteraceae
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arnica acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnica acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arnica acaulis 179-21-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in pine savannas, sandhills, clayey or sandy woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Chaptalia tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chaptalia tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chaptalia tomentosa 179-22-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps, pine flatwoods
Common (endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Stokesia laevis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stokesia laevis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stokesia laevis 179-23-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it - it's native in pitcherplant bogs & moist pinelands of FL-GA-SC, rather frequently grown as a garden plant & naturalized from cultivation at least in NC
Rare in Coastal Plain, a waif elsewhere (an endemic)
Native in pitcherpant bogs & moist pinelands of SC & GA, naturalized in NC
Common Name: Meadow Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Centaurea ×moncktonii FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Centaurea ×moncktonii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Brown Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea jacea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea jacea FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare in NC (increasing rapidly in VA)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Centaurea nigrescens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Centaurea nigrescens FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare in NC (increasing rapidly in VA)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Robin's Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron pulchellus 179-44-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on moist slopes, in coves, limestone bluffs, trail margins, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Philadelphia-daisy, Common Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron philadelphicus 179-44-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on roadsides, in meadows, disturbed areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Fleabane, Oakleaf Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron quercifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron quercifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron quercifolius 179-44-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on sandy roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Annual Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron annuus FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Erigeron annuus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron annuus 179-44-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, gardens
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron strigosus 179-44-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, open woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Erigeron vernus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron vernus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron vernus 179-44-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in wet savannas, seepages, interdunal swales
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: South American Horseweed, Hairy Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Erigeron bonariensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza bonariensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron bonariensis 179-44-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Uncommon (rare in NC Piedmont)
Non-native: South America, apparently
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Common Name:
Common Horseweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Erigeron canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza canadensis var. canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron canadensis var. canadensis 179-44-008a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in old fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, gardens
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Horseweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Erigeron pusillus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza canadensis var. pusilla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron canadensis var. pusillus 179-44-008b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on dunes, brackish marsh edges, coastal sand flats, sand prairies, old fields, disturbed areas, barrens and glades
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Doll's Daisy, Boltonia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia caroliniana 179-45-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in bottomlands, ditches, roadsides, prairies
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Doll's Daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia caroliniana 179-45-001? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in clay-based Carolina bays, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, & other artificially open areas
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC)
Native to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Doll's Daisy, White Doll's Daisy, False Aster, Boltonia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia asteroides 179-45-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in marshes, ditches
Common (uncommon in GA, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Western-daisy, Entireleaf Western-daisy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Astranthium integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Astranthium integrifolium ssp. integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in limestone glades
Rare in GA
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Toothed Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sericocarpus asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster paternus 179-47-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, thin soils around rock outcrops, sandhills, dry pinelands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sericocarpus linifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus linifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster solidagineus 179-47-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, sandhills
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster, Dixie Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster tortifolius 179-47-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry to mesic sandhills
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Aster, Bouquet Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia mirabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia mirabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster commixtus 179-47-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in nutrient-rich bottomlands and moist slopes in the lower Piedmont
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia macrophylla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia macrophylla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster macrophyllus 179-47-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in moist to dryish forests, in NC mostly at moderate to high elevations, particularly in red oak forests on ridgetops
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Schreber's Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eurybia schreberi FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia schreberi FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in mesic forests and seepage slopes
Uncommon
Native to e. Tennessee & north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
White Wood-aster, Woodland Aster, Common White Heart-leaved Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia divaricata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia divaricata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster divaricatus var. divaricatus 179-47-006a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in moist to fairly dry forests & woodlands
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge White Heart-leaved Aster, Mountain Wood-aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia chlorolepis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia chlorolepis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster divaricatus var. chlorolepis 179-47-006b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in northern hardwood forests, spruce-fir forests
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum cordifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum cordifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster cordifolius 179-47-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in rich forests, shaded roadbanks
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Heartleaf Aster, Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster, Lowrie's Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum lowrieanum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum lowrieanum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster cordifolius 179-47-007? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in mesic to dry-mesic forests
Rare in GA & NC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster sagittifolius 179-47-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in moist to dry forests, fields, and roadbanks
Common (rare outside of Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Short's Aster, Midwestern Blue Heart-leaved Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on dry, rocky slopes
Rare in GA (historic in NC)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wavyleaf Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum undulatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum undulatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster undulatus 179-47-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry forests, woodlands, glades roadbanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum patens var. patens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum patens var. patens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, roadsides, woodland edges, clearings, roadbanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum georgianum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum georgianum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in dry, rocky woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, powerline rights-of-way, primarily in places that formerly would have burned and likely been post oak or blackjack oak woodlands or savannas, also in thin soils around granitic flatrocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Appalachian Clasping Aster, Thinleaf Late Purple Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum phlogifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum phlogifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in mesic, nutrient-rich mixed hardwood forests
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whorled Wood Aster, Floral Wood Aster, Whorled Aster, Whorled Nodding-aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Oclemena acuminata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oclemena acuminata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster acuminatus 179-47-011 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, mountain seepages and streambanks, other cool, moist situations
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Low Showy Aster, Eastern Showy Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia spectabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia spectabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster spectabilis 179-47-012 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in pine barrens, dry road banks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Creeping Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia surculosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia surculosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster surculosus 179-47-013 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, in glades, rocky woodlands
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Rough-leaved Aster, Low Rough Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eurybia radula FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia radula FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in circumneutral to calcareous wet meadows, possibly stream banks
Rare
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Savannah Grass-leaved Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia paludosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia paludosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster paludosus 179-47-014 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in wet savannas, sandhill/pocosin ecotones
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Alexander's Rock Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eurybia avita FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia avita FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in shallow soils on granitic flatrocks and granitic domes where moist from seasonal seepage
Rare (endemic to the upper Piedmont)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eryngo-leaved Aster, Thistleleaf Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eurybia eryngiifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia eryngiifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in wet pine savannas and pineland bogs
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender Aster
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Eurybia compacta FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia compacta FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster gracilis 179-47-015 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in pine savannas
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont) (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Aromatic Aster, Shale-barren Aster
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Symphyotrichum oblongifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster oblongifolius 179-47-016 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Look for it in rock outcrops and dry woodlands over limestone, calcareous shale
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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