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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

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

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

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

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-032:

Aster pilosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Aster pilosus var. pilosus

 

COMMON NAME:
Frost Aster, White Heath Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm110308_794

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm110308_799

March    Greenville County    SC

Basal lvs oblanceolate, petioled, 1-4" lng. Basal & lower lvs wither early, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm190708_9816

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8982

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm120920_051

September    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

Stem stout at base, long hairs often in lines on the upper stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm120920_053

September    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm120930_169

September    Greenville County    SC

Inflorescence a diffuse panicle w many small sharp-pointed bract-like leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm120930_174

September    Greenville County    SC

Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the apex acicular [needle-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm111008_873

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves of lower stem sessile or tapered to a short petiole, hairy. — Ron Lance

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm181005_5237

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm181005_5240

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201022_7888

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201022_7889

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm231019_6122

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm231019_6123

October    Greenville County    SC

Heads 1/2-3/4" wide with 20-30 rays and yellow or red disks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm151227_877

December    Pickens County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm151227_884887

December    Pickens County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster

JK Marlow    jkm151227_893

December    Pickens County    SC

 

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-032:
Aster pilosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster pilosus var. pilosus

 

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164

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes often present)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Flower heads with 20-30 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in bushy many-headed panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene

 

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