OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum urophyllum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum urophyllum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Symphyotrichum urophyllum

(?) Review of the taxonomy of Aster... emphasizing New World species (Nesom, 1994)

Symphyotrichum sagittifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-008:

Aster sagittifolius   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Aster sagittifolius var. sagittifolius

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

Aster sagittifolius

(?) -

Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4921

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4924

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Lower stems glabrous; upper stems sparsely hirtellous or pilose, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4928

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180924_4931

September    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Involucral bracts with green band along midrib for nearly their entire length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

Sam Pratt    sbp_3447

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

Sam Pratt    sbp_3452

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Basal leaves shallowly cordate to truncate, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

Sam Pratt    sbp_3454

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Basal leaves long-petiolate, petioles not or narrowly winged, sheathing, per Flora of North America.

image of Symphyotrichum urophyllum, White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

Sam Pratt    sbp_2098

October    Spartanburg County    SC

Resembles A. cordifolius, but its inflorescence almost without leafiness, per Flora of the southeastern United States (JK Small, 1913).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum urophyllum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum urophyllum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

(?) Review of the taxonomy of Aster... emphasizing New World species (Nesom, 1994)
Symphyotrichum sagittifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-008:
Aster sagittifolius   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster sagittifolius var. sagittifolius

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

(?) -
Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius

 

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167

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, fields, and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in 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: White to pale pink or lilac or light blue
Disc: Whitish to cream becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in dense panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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