OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 347 taxa in the family Asteraceae, Aster or Sunflower family - with BOTH DISC AND RAY flowers, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

                                   

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speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon Common Name: Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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: Elecampane, elecampane inula

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Inula helenium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Inula helenium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Inula helenium 179-42-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Damp pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Daisy Fleabane, Common Rough Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane, Slender Daisy Fleabane

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon 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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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: English Daisy, Lawndaisy

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Bellis perennis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bellis perennis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bellis perennis 179-46-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, grassy roadsides

Rare or waifs

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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

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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