Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
White Panicle Aster is one of the "small white asters" and must be identified with care. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033?:
Aster simplex
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Panicled Aster, White Panicle Aster, Tall White Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspa35_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033?:
Aster simplex
FAMILY
Asteraceae
4373
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
to light blue-violet
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!