Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stokesia laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stokes Aster at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stokesia laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Stokesia laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:
Stokesia laevis FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stokesia laevis
COMMON NAME:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia
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JK Marlow jkm080705_160
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160727_465
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
In Asteraceae, styles of fertile florets have 2 stigmatic branches [bifid, bifurcate, 2-branched], per PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online.
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070522Hayesville12b
July Clay County NC
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070522Hayesville12ed
July Clay County NC
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JK Marlow jkm120815_636
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Phyllary margins pectinately spiny-toothed (at least at base), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_650
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Basal leaves evergreen, lance-shaped w a white central vein, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_673
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stem leaves reduced upward, becoming sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_788
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Ray flowers 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5cm long, lobes 5-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_793
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Involucres hemispheric; bracts imbricate, outer bracts foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stokesia laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stokesia laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Stokesia laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:
Stokesia laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stokesia laevis
1469
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pitcherplant bogs and moist pinelands, and also rather frequently grown as a garden plant and naturalized from cultivation in states outside its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland
Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal leaves evergreen
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Blue/ Violet
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p177
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p383
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