Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Ampelaster at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Symphyotrichum carolinianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-026:
Aster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Aster
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7905
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7906
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
Leaves lance-shaped, clasping at base, 1.5-4" long, typically < 1.25" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7907
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
Involucral bracts whitish, green with dark green foliaceous apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_1
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
Woody stems and a sprawling habit, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_1b
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_3
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
50-70 rays per hd. Disc flwrs yellow, turn red presumably after pollination, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_4
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Symphyotrichum carolinianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-026:
Aster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Shrub; Woody vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: swamps, thickets, marshes, streambanks, freshwater tidal marshes and swamps, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to evergreen by production of new growth
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Purplish-blue
Disc: Yellow becoming rose-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads with 50-70 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p079
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p330
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p128
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p380
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p107
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p264
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p068