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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Doellingeria sericocarpoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Doellingeria sericocarpoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster sericocarpoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-041b:
Aster umbellatus var. brevisquamus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Doellingeria sericocarpoides
COMMON NAME:
Pocosin Flat-topped Aster, Southern Whitetop, Streamhead Flat-topped Aster
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Will Stuart wil_d_sericocarpoides_222
August Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
This tall aster is one of the characteristic plants of boggy streamheads, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_dsericocarpoides_037
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves are numerous, alternate, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_dsericocarpoides_086
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_dsericocarpoides_105
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Few rays, as in the genus Sericocarpus [thus, "sericocarpoides"], per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.