2130

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Rare

Look for it in dry woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, rarely basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads with 15-20 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p113?
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p109?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p277?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p326?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p211

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-025b:
Aster laevis var. concinnus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster concinnus