Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Symphyotrichum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-007?:
Aster cordifolius FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster plumarius
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Heartleaf Aster, Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster, Lowrie's Aster
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aslo9_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_lowrieanum_2897
August Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
Flower heads in ~ densely paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
asters with heart-shaped leaves
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-007?:
Aster cordifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster lowrieanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster plumarius
2114
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Pale violet
(rarely white)
Disc: Cream or light yellow becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p107?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p277
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p324
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p209?
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