Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
You may also want to look at The Connecticut Botanical Society's guide to New England asters
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
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 (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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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.