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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 (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-041b:
Aster umbellatus var. brevisquamus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster sericocarpoides
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_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.