Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-021:
Aster elliottii FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_elliottii1
October Tyrrell County NC
Leaves smooth, sessile with a tapering, non-clasping base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_elliottii3
October Tyrrell County NC
Similar to S. puniceum but that has auriculate leaf bases, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-021:
Aster elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
155
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, swamps, and marshes, mainly in the outer Coastal Plain, on tree bases, hummocks, and stumps in tidal freshwater swamps, especially where salinities may occasionally exceed 5-10 ppt, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
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:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pinkish, lavender
Disc: Cream becoming pink, reddish-purple, brown
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p406
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p479
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