Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-011:
Aster acuminatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Wood Aster, Floral Wood Aster, Whorled Aster, Whorled Nodding-aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asac6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140519_939
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_941
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_06
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm150814_717
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Flower heads nodding at first, erect in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_721
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaves elliptic, coarsely toothed, long-pointed, and tapered at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_780
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Largest leaves crowded on upper stem, forming what may appear to be a whorl, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm180821_4064
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1485
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1486
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoacuminata_wtsm2
Month Unknown Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Flower heads in an open corymb, with ~ 15 white rays & a yellow or red disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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) 179-47-011:
Aster acuminatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, mountain seepages and streambanks, other cool, moist situations, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, often appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Pale yellow becoming reddish
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in open corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p456
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p187
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p277
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p324
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p409
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p212