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 walteri   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum walteri   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE NAME PREOCCUPIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-019:

Aster squarrosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Walter's Aster


 

 

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 (THE NAME PREOCCUPIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-019:
Aster squarrosus   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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