Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum georgianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Georgia Aster is a quite beautiful plant in bloom, with richer or deeper violet rays than seen on nearly all other asters. Other distinctive characters are discussed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum georgianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster patens var. georgianus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster georgianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus georgianus
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Aster
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1643
June Oconee County SC
Plants strongly rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1645
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0410e_14
October Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Disc florets white w purplish lobes. Anthers purplish, pollen white, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm071018_017
October Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Mid-stem leaves clasping to auriculate-clasping, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm071018_019
October Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Heads 4-5(-6)cm across (ray tip to ray tip), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm201014_7667
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7938b
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Phyllaries in 4-7 series, apices spreading or reflexed, often purplish, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7939
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7940
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm201026_7941
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm231013_6035
October Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_georgianum
October
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JK Marlow jkm111113_405
November Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum georgianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum georgianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum georgianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster patens var. georgianus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster georgianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Virgulus georgianus
1919
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry, rocky woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, powerline rights-of-way, primarily in places that formerly would have burned and likely been post oak or blackjack oak woodlands or savannas, also in thin soils around granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
WinterFall
Rays: Deep blue-violet
Disc: White with purplish lobes
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in narrow raceme-like or broader panicle-like arrays, branches initially spreading then ascending
FRUIT:
WinterFall
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) p276
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p389
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