Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Boltonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-002:
Boltonia asteroides FAMILY Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia
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JK Marlow jkm120922_086
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
Numerous flower heads, borne in an intricately branched leafy corymb, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120922_087
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
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JK Marlow jkm120922_088
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
The smooth blue-green leaves are 3-5" long and taper at both ends, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm120922_091
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
Leaves elliptic to linear, very variable in size, merging into bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_boltonia_asteroides
September
Ray florets 20-60; corollas white to lilac, laminae 5-13mm, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_boltonia_asteroides_1
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-002:
Boltonia asteroides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
214
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p121
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p167
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p112
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p280
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p329
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