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):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia

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

Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-002:

Boltonia asteroides   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia


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image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

JK Marlow    jkm120922_086

September    Greenville County    SC

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Numerous flower heads, borne in an intricately branched leafy corymb, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

JK Marlow    jkm120922_087

September    Greenville County    SC

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image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

JK Marlow    jkm120922_088

September    Greenville County    SC

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The smooth blue-green leaves are 3-5" long and taper at both ends, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

JK Marlow    jkm120922_091

September    Greenville County    SC

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Leaves elliptic to linear, very variable in size, merging into bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_boltonia_asteroides

September        

Ray florets 20-60; corollas white to lilac, laminae 5-13mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia, Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_boltonia_asteroides_1

September        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-45-002:
Boltonia asteroides   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Pink/Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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