Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum praealtum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster praealtus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster praealtus var. praealtus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster praealtus var. angustior
COMMON NAME:
Willowleaf Aster, Veiny-lined Aster, Tall Aster, Willow Aster
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum praealtum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster praealtus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster praealtus var. praealtus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster praealtus var. angustior
3405
Forb
Perennial
Native north of the Carolinas (and reported for w. NC)
Rare
Habitat: fen-like calcareous wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale blue-violet
Disc: Whitish-yellow becoming purplish
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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