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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):
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-020:
Aster puniceus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple-stemmed Aster, Swamp Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspu5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130114_152
January Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm130225_356
February Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm160502_054
May Jackson County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130927_544
September Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm130927_553
September Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm130927_554
September Transylvania County NC
Numerous light blue or lavender rays; disk flowers pale yellow or red, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_556
September Transylvania County NC
Involucres hemispheric to campanulate; bracts green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm140913_702
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140913_705
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stems densely pubescent, usually purplish, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150912_114
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Gill Newberry gn10_a_puniceus_habitat
October
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Gill Newberry gn10_a_puniceus_with_bee
October
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm121024_692
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Leaves lanceolate, auriculate-clasping, usually toothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm121024_693
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm111106_240
November Jackson County NC
A tall handsome plant thriving in moist habitats, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm111106_263
November Jackson County NC
Stems purplish, with spreading hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.