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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus linifolius   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Sericocarpus linifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-002:

Aster solidagineus   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Sericocarpus linifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_seli5_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm220412_6734

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm120506_681

May    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120525_353

May    Oconee County    SC

Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly elliptic, not differing very much in size, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmslinifolius_nt2

May        

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Dan Whitten    sdw_053121_mystery1

May    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm0506i_08

June    Oconee County    SC

Flowers in densely-flowered flat-topped inflorescences, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm140614_933b

June    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm140614_937940

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm140614_942

June    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm210626_1655

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1658

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1661

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Involucral bracts whitish with green tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8388

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm220609_8472

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves entire, to 0.5" wide, more than 5x long as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm220609_8506

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Ray flowers white to pink, 3-6, narrow, 0.2-0.4" long; disk flowers cream, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Sericocarpus linifolius, Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster

JK Marlow    jkm0507l_28

July    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    s050716_c

July    Oconee County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus linifolius   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Sericocarpus linifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-002:
Aster solidagineus   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

169

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland margins, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple

Leaves cauline, basal rosette lacking, the mid-stem leaves the largest

Alternate (basal rosette absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: White
Disc: White
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

 

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