Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum subulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum subulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. subulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster subulatus var. subulatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-028:
Aster subulatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Saltmarsh Aster, Annual Saltmarsh Aster
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_subulatum1
September Dare County NC
Flower heads in open, diffuse, paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum subulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum subulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. subulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster subulatus var. subulatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-028:
Aster subulatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
3554
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
Habitat: Tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White to pale violet
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in loose many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
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