Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-002:
Boltonia asteroides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
214
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA, rare in Mountains)
Look for it in marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p121
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p167
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p112
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p280
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p329