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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum adnatum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum adnatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum adnatum

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

Symphyotrichum adnatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Symphyotrichum adnatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster adnatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Scale-leaf Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum adnatum, Scale-leaf Aster

Alan S. Weakley    asw_166439749660688

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Blades of mid-stem leaves ascending-appressed, twisted at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Symphyotrichum adnatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum adnatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum adnatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum adnatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum adnatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster adnatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4724

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia Coastal Plain

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Fall
Rays: Lavender
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 10-20 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Fall
Achene

 

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