Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia surculosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia surculosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eurybia surculosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-013:
Aster surculosus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster surculosus
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Aster, Michaux's Wood-Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_assu9_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmesurculosa_pc1
August Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eurybia_surculosa
September
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0165
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
The involucral bracts are spreading but [unlike Symphyotrichum retroflexum] not recurved, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0169
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0171
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0176
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Flowers in a corymbiform cluster, each with 15-30 violet rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0178
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221004_0181
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Largest leaves > 15mm wide; lvs ~ basally disposed, lowermost sometimes withering before flowering, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0264
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Phyllary apices mucronulate (outer) or apiculate (inner), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0266
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0270
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaves very obscurely veined beneath, entire or nearly so, glabrous on the undersurface, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0274
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Apices acute to obtuse, indurate, often mucronate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0280
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0284
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221007_0287
October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231001_5721
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm231001_5723
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm231001_5728
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Only midnerves conspicuous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm231001_5730
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmesurculosa_tr2
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmesurculosa_tr4
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia surculosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia surculosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eurybia surculosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-013:
Aster surculosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster surculosus
171
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: rock outcrops, glades, rocky woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
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: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 13-30 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in narrow corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p204
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p094
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p081
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p211
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