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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum rhiannon
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum rhiannon
COMMON NAME:
Buck Creek Aster, Rhiannon's Aster
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JK Marlow jkm060429_115
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Leaf margins shallowly crenate to serrate-crenate, petioles winged, per Flora of North America.
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Alan Cressler alc_3922869943_fdce8438eb
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Heads in broad, cylindro-paniculiform arrays, branches ascending, per Flora of North America.
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Alan Cressler alc_3922877507_12307c0c57
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Ray florets 18-32, corollas 6-9 mm long, per A new species of Symphyotrichum from a serpentine barren in western North Carolina. Sida (Kauffman et al., 2004).
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Alan Cressler alc_3923661866_741a780d41
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Ray florets blue to lavender; disc florets yellow, lobes turning purple, per Flora of North America.
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Alan Cressler alc_3923666606_a455e1a0b7
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Phyllaries in 3-4 series, slightly unequal, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters