OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-017:

Aster novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Virgulus novae-angliae

 

COMMON NAME:
New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy


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image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asno_001_lvd

        

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm120815_805

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Well over 50 ray flowers in each 1-2" head; their color is intense, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm120815_808

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm120815_812

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves entire, lanceolate, pointed lobes at base conspicuously clasping stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm0109a_02

September    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm090924_035

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

JK Marlow    jkm090924_037

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_novae_angliae_2

September        

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_novae_angliae

October        

image of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_novae_angliae_3

October        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-017:
Aster novae-angliae   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster novae-angliae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus novae-angliae

 

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160

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet meadows, bogs, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Purplish-blue
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Flower heads with over 50 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in leafy, often crowded, corymb-like or panicle-like arrays

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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