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Common Name:
Heartleaf Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster cordifolius
Ray florets (8)10-16(20). Disc florets cream or light yellow becoming purple, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Smooth Heartleaf Aster, Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster, Lowrie's Aster
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster lowrieanus
Flower heads in ~ densely paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster
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Review of the taxonomy of Aster... emphasizing New World species (Nesom, 1994)
Symphyotrichum sagittifolium
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Common Name:
Wavyleaf Aster
Loose panicles of blue to violet flowers, rays 12-20. — Ron Lance
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Common Name:
Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. patens
The 1" heads have ~ 20 blue or violet rays & yellow or reddish disk flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Georgia Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster georgianus
Disc florets white w purplish lobes. Anthers purplish, pollen white, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster patens var. phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster phlogifolius
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Common Name:
Eastern Aromatic Aster, Shale-barren Aster
Rays 14-30, blue to violet, 1.5-2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
New England Aster
Well over 50 ray flowers in each 1-2" head; their color is intense, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Big-headed Aster, Rough Aster, Large-headed Aster, Largeflower Aster
A many-headed panicle with numerous small bracteal leaves. Heads w 20-30 rays, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Walter's Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster walteri
Rays 11-26, corollas bluish-purple. Corollas of disc florets yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Purplestem Aster, Swamp Aster
Numerous light blue or lavender rays; disk flowers pale yellow or red, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Elliott's Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
Similar to S. puniceum but that has auriculate leaf bases, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Crooked-stem Aster, Zigzag Aster
The 1" heads have 20-35 blue or lavender rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
New York Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster elodes
A portion of the infloresence showing distinct reflexed bracts & stem leaves. — Will Stuart
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Common Name:
Curtis's Aster, Rigid Whitetop Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster retroflexus
13-30 blue to purple rays Disc florets cream to pale yellow becoming pinkish, per Flora of North America.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster falcidens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster laevis
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Smooth Blue Aster, Harmonious Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster concinnus
There are 15-20 blue or violet rays in each 3/4" head, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Climbing Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Symphyotrichum carolinianum
50-70 rays per hd. Disc flwrs yellow, turn red presumably after pollination, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Common Name:
Eastern Silvery Aster
Flowers are borne in long narrow clusters at the tops of stem or branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster sericeus
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Common Name:
Eastern Saltmarsh Aster, Annual Saltmarsh Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. subulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster subulatus var. subulatus
Flower heads in open, diffuse, paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster subulatus var. ligulatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster subulatus
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Common Name:
Perennial Saltmarsh Aster
Flower heads in open, diffuse, paniculiform arrays. Ray florets 10-25, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Frost Aster, White Heath Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster pilosus var. pilosus
Heads 1/2-3/4" wide with 20-30 rays and yellow or red disks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
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Common Name:
Calico Aster, Starved Aster
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. horizontale
Less than 15 white rays (occasionally w a lavender tinge). Disk purplish-red, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Small White Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
Diffuse paniculiform arrays, branches spreading horizontally or arching, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice-button Aster
Rays 14-20, white or blue to lavender; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Buck Creek Aster, Rhiannon's Aster
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum rhiannon
Ray florets 18-32, corollas 6-9 mm long, per A new species of Symphyotrichum from a serpentine barren in western North Carolina. Sida (Kauffman et al, 2004).
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum praealtum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster praealtus
Common Name:
Short's Aster, Midwestern Blue Heart-leaved Aster
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster camptosorus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster shortii
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