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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia divaricata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia divaricata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eurybia divaricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-006a:
Aster divaricatus var. divaricatus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster boykinii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster castaneus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster divaricatus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster excavatus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster flexilis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster stillettiformis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster tenebrosus
COMMON NAME:
White Wood-aster, Woodland Aster, Common White Heart-leaved 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_asdi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aste17_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9069
April Polk County NC
Leaves essentially glabrous, smooth to slightly scabrous above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9071
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0383
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190719_9996
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6858
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves well-stalked, coarsely sharp-toothed, and cordate-ovate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
asters with heart-shaped leaves
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6860
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0309m_12
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
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JK Marlow jkm0409d_05
September Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5614
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries in 4-5 series, strongly unequal, green zones distal 1/2-1/3, margins narrowly scarious, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eurybia_divaricata
September
Often confused w E. chlorolepis, E. schreberi, or Symphyotrichum cordifolium, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm121024_712
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm121024_726729
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
The inflorescence is corymbiform; flowers have 5-10 white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0119
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia divaricata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia divaricata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eurybia divaricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-006a:
Aster divaricatus var. divaricatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster boykinii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster castaneus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster divaricatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster excavatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster flexilis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster stillettiformis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster tenebrosus
153
Forb
Habitat: Moist to fairly dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow becoming purplish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p107
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p130
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p454
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p114
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p263
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p080
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p324
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p209?
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