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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-041a:

Aster umbellatus var. umbellatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Doellingeria umbellata

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster


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image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

JK Marlow    jkm150814_764

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Disk flowers 16-40 per head; ray flowers 5-14 per head, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

JK Marlow    jkm150814_766

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaves mostly 4-6x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

JK Marlow    jkm150814_768

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaves narrowly elliptic and entire, on short petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

JK Marlow    jkm150814_796

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Plants with stems scattered from creeping rhizomes (forming clonal patches), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

JK Marlow    jkm150814_798

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

The inflorescence is not an umbel but a flattish corymbiform cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata, Northern Tall Flat-top White Aster, Northern Tall Whitetop Aster, Northern Tall Flat-top Aster

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdumbellata_wsm1

Month Unknown    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-041a:
Aster umbellatus var. umbellatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Doellingeria umbellata

 

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172

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet meadows, pastures, bogs, fens, marshes, stream floodplains, roadbanks, to at least 1900 m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in compact flat corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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