Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ionactis linariifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ionactis linariifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-031:
Aster linariifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Stiffleaf Aster, Flaxleaf Aster, Spruce Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ioli2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_i_linariifolia
June
An intensely yellow disc and 7-15 lilac-blue rays, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ionactis_linariifolia
June
Occurs in dry open woods, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_185
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves stiff, linear, entire, with a single prominent vein, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm071021_033b
October Oconee County SC
Thick needle-like leaves have only one prominent vein, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_138
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_139
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Involucres turbinate; bracts whitish with green midrib, appressed, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm161001_140
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_141
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_i_linariifolia_3
October
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Will Stuart wil_4059981702_7e452339b4
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Most of the inflorescences appear reflexed. — Will Stuart
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ionactis linariifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ionactis linariifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-031:
Aster linariifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
158
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Dry pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, prairie-like openings, glades, and barrens, high elevation rock outcrops and glades, to at least 1450 m, dry roadbanks, woodland edges, rocky woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in loose corymbs or sometimes solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p116
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p046
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p108
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p458
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p435
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p172
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p325
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p211
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p089