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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Symphyotrichum dumosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-037:

Aster dumosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster coridifolius

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster dumosus

 

COMMON NAME:
Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asdu_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm200517_4956

May    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm190722_0102

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0201

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves firm, margins entire to crenulate-serrate, recurved, scabrous, per Flora of North America.

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2500

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Rameal leaves [those growing on a branch] uniform or nearly so, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

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JK Marlow    jkm160923_736

September    Greenville County    SC

Inflorescence a loose panicle with numerous bracteal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180918_4799

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7361

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7374

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7381

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Rays 14-20, white or blue to lavender; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200926_7382

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Involucres cylindro-campanulate. Phyllaries appressed or slightly spreading, per Flora of North America.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of North American asters

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm220909_9835

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE small white asters

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JK Marlow    jkm230905_5221

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Primary leaves linear to narrowly oblong, blunt or abruptly mucronate; rameal lvs much reduced, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

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JK Marlow    jkm121004_214

October    Greenville County    SC

Normal leaves are linear, but the foliage at flowering mostly short bractlike leaves on branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm121004_221

October    Greenville County    SC

Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, smooth to scabrous above, glabrous beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster

JK Marlow    jkm121004_225b

October    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm201015_7705

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Pappus whitish, 3-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm211027_4636

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm221004_0163

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5739

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5740

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Heads scattered on copiously small-bracteolate branchlets or pedicels, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5741

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Phyllaries oftenest with rhombic or dilated tips, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5745

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Involucres 4.5-6mm high [vs. those of S. racemosum var. subdumosum 3-3.6mm high], per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5746

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5747

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Peduncles (at least some) > 2cm long, w numerous small, closely-spaced bracts mostly 1-4mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5767

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm231001_5768

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Mostly not strongly rhizomatous (sometimes with multiple stems from short-creeping rhizomes), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum dumosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-037:
Aster dumosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster coridifolius

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster dumosus

 

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154

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Old fields, disturbed areas, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White to light blue-violet
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Flower heads with 14-20 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in spreading panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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