Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Sericocarpus linifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-002:
Aster solidagineus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sericocarpus linifolius
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster
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JK Marlow jkm120525_353
May Oconee County SC
Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly elliptic, not differing very much in size, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm0506i_08
June Oconee County SC
Flowers in densely-flowered flat-topped inflorescences, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm210626_1655
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm210626_1658
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm210626_1661
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Involucral bracts whitish with green tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE involucral bracts of North American asters
JK Marlow jkm220609_8472
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaves entire, to 0.5" wide, more than 5x long as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm220609_8506
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Ray flowers white to pink, 3-6, narrow, 0.2-0.4" long; disk flowers cream, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus linifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Sericocarpus linifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-002:
Aster solidagineus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sericocarpus linifolius
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