Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum praealtum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster praealtus
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster praealtus var. praealtus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster praealtus var. angustior
COMMON NAME:
Willowleaf Aster, Veiny-lined Aster, Tall Aster, Willow Aster
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum praealtum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. angustior
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster praealtus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster praealtus var. praealtus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Aster praealtus var. angustior
3405
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fen-like calcareous wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas (and reported for w. NC)
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale blue-violet
Disc: Whitish-yellow becoming purplish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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