NameThatPlant.net: Symphyotrichum sericeum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum sericeum FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum sericeum FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Symphyotrichum sericeum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Symphyotrichum sericeum

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

Symphyotrichum sericeum

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

Aster sericeus

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Virgulus sericeus

COMMON NAME:
Western Silvery Aster

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image of Symphyotrichum sericeum, Western Silvery Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asse2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum sericeum FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum sericeum FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum sericeum

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus sericeus

2884

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Glades, upland prairies, thin soils over calcareous outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Whitish becoming purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

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