Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The bushy aspect of S. racemosum is similar to S. dumosum, but the bracts on the branches are longer and acute to sharply pointed, not blunt to acute. Read how it compares with S. lanceolatum, S. simmondsii, S. pilosum, and S. lateriflorum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum racemosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum racemosum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum racemosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster racemosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-036:
Aster vimineus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster racemosus
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster vimineus var. vimineus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster brachypholis
COMMON NAME:
Small White Aster
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_racemosum1
October Camden County NC
Diffuse paniculiform arrays, branches spreading horizontally or arching, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
small white asters
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum racemosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum racemosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum racemosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster racemosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-036:
Aster vimineus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster racemosus
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster vimineus var. vimineus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster brachypholis
174
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes often present)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White to light violet
Disc: Whitish-yellow becoming reddish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in loose leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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