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 racemosum var. racemosum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum racemosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Symphyotrichum racemosum

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

Symphyotrichum racemosum

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

Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Aster racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-036:

Aster vimineus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Aster racemosus

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Aster vimineus var. vimineus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster brachypholis

 

COMMON NAME:
Small White Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum, Small White Aster

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_symph_racemosum1

October    Camden County    NC

Diffuse paniculiform arrays, branches spreading horizontally or arching, per Flora of North America.


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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum racemosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster racemosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-036:
Aster vimineus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster racemosus

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster vimineus var. vimineus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster brachypholis

 

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174

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomlands, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes often present)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White to light violet
Disc: Whitish-yellow becoming reddish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in loose leafy panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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