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Your search found 335 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with BOTH DISC AND RAY flowers, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
Common Name:
Spiny Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Xanthium spinosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Xanthium spinosum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xanthium spinosum 179-03-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed ground
Waif(s)
Non-native: South America, apparently
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Common Name:
Common Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Xanthium chinense FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum 179-03-002b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Barnyards, pastures, bottomlands, other disturbed areas
Common
Original distribution unclear, but probably native to eastern North America
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Common Name: Oriental Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Xanthium orientale FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Disturbed ground, roadsides, pastures, barnyards
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Original distribution unclear, widespread in e. N. America & nearly cosmopolitan
Common Name: European Cocklebur
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Xanthium strumarium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Ballast, waste areas near ports
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Smooth Groundsel, Yellowtop
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera glabella FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera glabella FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio glabellus 179-19-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomland forests, cleared areas in bottomlands, wet agricultural fields, ditches, often in mucky soils
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio millefolium 179-19-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Granitic domes, cliffs, and rocky woodlands, over granite, gneiss, schist, and amphibolite, and (in sw. VA) in calcareous glades and woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera anonyma FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera anonyma FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio smallii 179-19-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, roadsides, woodlands; hammocks, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Ragwort, Woolly Groundsel, Woolly Goldenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera dubia FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio tomentosus 179-19-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Sandy roadsides, sandy woodlands and forests, granitic flatrocks, granitic domes
Common (rare in Mountains), primarily Coastal Plain, but extending inland
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Balsam Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera paupercula var. paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Thickets, meadows, glades, generally over circumneutral soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Bog Ragwort, Crawford's Groundsel, Crawford’s Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera crawfordii FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Bogs, fens, calcareous longleaf pine savannas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Ragwort, Appalachian Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera paupercula var. appalachiana FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera plattensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Glades, cliffs, barrens, over mafic, or calcareous rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Buck Creek Ragwort, Serpentine Ragwort, Rattlesnake Groundsel, Buck Creek Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera serpenticola FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera serpenticola FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Serpentine barrens
Rare (endemic to the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren, Clay County, NC)
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel, Schweinitz's Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera schweinitziana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera schweinitziana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio robbinsii 179-19-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Grassy balds (in deep soil), at high elevations, in our area generally over metagabbro or amphibolite
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort, Golden Groundsel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera aurea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera aurea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio aureus 179-19-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, bogs, stream banks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera obovata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera obovata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio obovatus 179-19-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Nutrient rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Tansy Ragwort, Stinking Willie
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Jacobaea vulgaris FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Senecio jacobaea FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arnica acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arnica acaulis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arnica acaulis 179-21-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, clayey or sandy oak and oak-pine woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion, Sunbonnets
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chaptalia tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chaptalia tomentosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chaptalia tomentosa 179-22-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pine flatwoods
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stokesia laevis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stokesia laevis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stokesia laevis 179-23-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
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
Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland
Common Name: Meadow Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea ×moncktonii FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea ×moncktonii [jacea × nigra] FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Brown Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea jacea FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Centaurea jacea FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare in NC (increasing rapidly in VA)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Centaurea nigrescens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Centaurea nigrescens FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare in NC (increasing rapidly in VA)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Robin's Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron pulchellus 179-44-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, coves, limestone bluffs, trail margins, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Philadelphia-daisy, Common Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron philadelphicus 179-44-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, meadows, disturbed areas
Common in Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Fleabane, Oak-leaved Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron quercifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron quercifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron quercifolius 179-44-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Sandy roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron annuus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron annuus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron annuus 179-44-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, gardens
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron strigosus 179-44-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas; open woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whitetop Fleabane, Savanna Daisy Fleabane, Early Whitetop Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron vernus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Erigeron vernus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron vernus 179-44-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepages, interdunal swales
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: South American Horseweed, Hairy Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron bonariensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza bonariensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron bonariensis 179-44-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas
Uncommon (rare in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont)
Non-native: South America, apparently
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Common Name:
Tropical Horseweed, Sumatran Fleabane, Guernsey Fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron sumatrensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Conyza floribunda FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Non-native: Paleotropics
Common Name: Many-flowered Horseweed, tall fleabane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron floribundus FAMILY: Asteraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Conyza floribunda FAMILY: Asteraceae
Uncommon
Non-native
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Common Name:
Common Horseweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza canadensis var. canadensis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron canadensis var. canadensis 179-44-008a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Old fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, gardens
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Horseweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Erigeron pusillus FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Conyza canadensis var. pusilla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erigeron canadensis var. pusillus 179-44-008b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dunes, brackish marsh edges, coastal sand flats, sand prairies, old fields, disturbed areas, barrens and glades
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Doll's-daisy, Boltonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boltonia caroliniana FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia caroliniana 179-45-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, ditches, roadsides, prairies
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & possibly Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Doll's-daisy, Boltonia, Smallhead Doll's-daisy
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia caroliniana 179-45-001? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Clay-based Carolina bays, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, and other artificially open areas
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
Native to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Doll's-daisy, White Doll's-daisy, False Aster, Boltonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Boltonia asteroides var. glastifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boltonia asteroides 179-45-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Western-daisy, Entireleaf Western-daisy
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Astranthium integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Astranthium integrifolium ssp. integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Limestone glades, barrens, rocky woodlands, roadsides
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Toothed Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sericocarpus caespitosus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster paternus 179-47-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, thin soils around rock outcrops, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry pinelands, woodland margins
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain) (rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Toothed Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sericocarpus asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus asteroides FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster paternus 179-47-001? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, thin soils around rock outcrops, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry pinelands, woodland margins
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in SC Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster, Slender Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sericocarpus linifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus linifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster solidagineus 179-47-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland margins, longleaf pine sandhills
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster, Dixie Whitetop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster tortifolius 179-47-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Aster, Bouquet Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia mirabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia mirabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster commixtus 179-47-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich bottomlands and moist slopes in the lower Piedmont
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia macrophylla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia macrophylla FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster macrophyllus 179-47-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist to dryish forests, in NC mostly at moderate to high elevations, particularly in red oak forests on ridgetops
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Schreber's Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Eurybia schreberi FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia schreberi FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Mesic forests and seepage slopes
Native to e. Tennessee & north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
White Wood-aster, Woodland Aster, Common White Heart-leaved Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia divaricata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia divaricata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster divaricatus var. divaricatus 179-47-006a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist to fairly dry forests and woodlands
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge White Heart-leaved Aster, Mountain Wood-aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia chlorolepis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia chlorolepis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster divaricatus var. chlorolepis 179-47-006b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Northern hardwood forests, spruce-fir forests
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Symphyotrichum cordifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum cordifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster cordifolius 179-47-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Rich forests, shaded roadbanks
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Heartleaf Aster, Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster, Lowrie's Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Symphyotrichum lowrieanum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum lowrieanum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster cordifolius 179-47-007? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster sagittifolius 179-47-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist to dry forests, fields, and roadbanks
Common in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Short's Aster, Midwestern Blue Heart-leaved Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry, rocky slopes; rock outcrops in wooded situations, calcareous hammocks (in FL)
Rare in GA (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wavyleaf Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symphyotrichum undulatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum undulatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster undulatus 179-47-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry forests, woodlands, glades, roadbanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Late Purple Aster, Common Clasping Aster, Late Blue Aster, Skydrop Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symphyotrichum patens var. patens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum patens var. patens FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, roadsides, woodland edges, clearings, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symphyotrichum georgianum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum georgianum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry, rocky woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, powerline rights-of-way, primarily in places that formerly would have burned and likely been post oak or blackjack oak woodlands or savannas, also in thin soils around granitic flatrocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Appalachian Clasping Aster, Thinleaf Late Purple Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symphyotrichum phlogifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symphyotrichum phlogifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster patens 179-47-010? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich mixed hardwood forests
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whorled Nodding-aster, Whorled Wood-aster, Whorled Aster, Floral Wood Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oclemena acuminata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oclemena acuminata FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster acuminatus 179-47-011 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, mountain seepages and streambanks, other cool, moist situations
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in SC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Low Showy Aster, Eastern Showy Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia spectabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia spectabilis FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster spectabilis 179-47-012 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Pine barrens, dry road banks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Aster, Michaux's Wood-Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia surculosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia surculosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster surculosus 179-47-013 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, glades, rocky woodlands
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont (not found in the Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Rough-leaved Aster, Low Rough Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Eurybia radula FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia radula FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Circumneutral to calcareous wet meadows, possibly stream banks
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Savannah Grass-leaved Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Eurybia paludosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia paludosa FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aster paludosus 179-47-014 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, hillside seepage bogs, longleaf pine sandhill / pocosin ecotones
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Alexander's Rock Aster
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Eurybia avita FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eurybia avita FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: In shallow soils on granitic flatrocks and granitic domes where moist from seasonal seepage
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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