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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

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

Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010:

Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Aster patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster patens

INCLUDED WITHIN -

Virgulus patens var. patens

 

COMMON NAME:
Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aspa5_001_lvd

        

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200502_4474

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200502_4479

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves thick, entire, with rounded basal lobes that almost encircle the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200502_4480

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaf margins ciliate-crenulate to entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5248

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5286

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1402

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm130922_505

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm131009_879b

October    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Phyllaries in 4-7(8) series, appressed or often slightly recurved-spreading, per Flora of North America.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of North American asters

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm131029_098

October    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm131029_101

October    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Achenes covered w short silky hairs; pappus a tuft of hair-like bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201002_7531

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm231010_5918

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

The 1" heads have about 20 blue or violet rays and yellow or reddish disk flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_patens_s

October        

image of Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster

Steve Marlow    snm_112323_6976

November    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010:
Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. patens

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster patens

INCLUDED WITHIN -
Virgulus patens var. patens

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, roadsides, woodland edges, clearings, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Margins ciliate-crenulate to entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet (rarely white)
Disc: Yellow, cream or white becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in panicles

FRUIT:
Fall
Tan
Achene

 

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