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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-002:
Aster solidagineus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster
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JK Marlow jkm120525_353
May Oconee County SC
Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly elliptic, not differing very much in size, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120525_449
May Oconee County SC
Involucral bracts whitish with green tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
JK Marlow jkm120525_455
May Oconee County SC
Ray flowers white to pink, 3-6, narrow, 0.2-0.4" long; disk flowers cream, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm120525_457
May Oconee County SC
Leaves entire, to 0.5" wide, more than 5x long as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm0506i_08
June Oconee County SC
Flowers in densely-flowered flat-topped inflorescences, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.