Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Symphyotrichum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-027:
Aster concolor FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster concolor
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Virgulus concolor
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Silvery Aster
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asco2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1709
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves elliptic, erect and usually overlapping, with silvery appressed hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm061029_025
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Involucres turbinate to hemispheric; bracts whitish with green apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm061029_044
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Flowers are borne in long narrow clusters at the tops of stem or branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm061029_061
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm231024_6201
October Oconee County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_concolor_concolor
October
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JK Marlow jkm131103_180
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm131103_221
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Phyllaries in 3-5 series, appressed, strongly unequal, green distally, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm131103_227
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Pappi tan, (3.5)4-6 mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm131103_233
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm131103_238
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151108_670
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151108_675
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Phyllaries & upper stem lvs moderately to densely sericeous (silky-pubescent), per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_concolor_2898
November Miami-Dade County FL
Leaves sessile and broad-based but not strongly clasping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-027:
Aster concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN
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Virgulus concolor
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Piedmont woodlands, forest edges, pine rocklands, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)
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: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Whitish becoming purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in narrow wand-like panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p111
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p252
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p312
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p462
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p436
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p119
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p275
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p324
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p211
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p088
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