Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster simplex
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster simplex
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033:
Aster simplex
FAMILY
Asteraceae
4373
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
to light blue-violet
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
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