OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

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

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

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

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Aster simplex

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033:

Aster simplex   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Panicled Aster, White Panicle Aster, Tall White Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum, Panicled Aster, White Panicle Aster, Tall White Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aspa35_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Aster simplex

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033:
Aster simplex   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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4373

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?

Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in NC)

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

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

Flower heads in many-headed panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene

 

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