Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Walter's Aster has unique architecture; when not in bloom, it does not even resemble an aster. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE NAME PREOCCUPIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-019:
Aster squarrosus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus walteri
COMMON NAME:
Walter's Aster
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October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Rays 11-26, corollas bluish-purple. Corollas of disc florets yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Sharleen Johnson shj_1127414191298696
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Sharleen Johnson shj_459611649660704
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Sharleen Johnson shj_668697724725769
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Sharleen Johnson shj_695768318830842
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE NAME PREOCCUPIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-019:
Aster squarrosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Virgulus walteri
2974
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Fall
Rays: Bluish-violet
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 11-26 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in loose panicles
FRUIT:
Fall
Dark brown
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) p390
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p437
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p123
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p089
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