Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oclemena acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oclemena acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-011:
Aster acuminatus FAMILY Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Nodding-aster, Whorled Wood-aster, Whorled Aster, Floral Wood Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asac6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140519_939
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_941
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_06
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm150814_717
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Flower heads nodding at first, erect in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150814_721
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaves elliptic, coarsely toothed, long-pointed, and tapered at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm150814_780
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Largest leaves crowded on upper stem, forming what may appear to be a whorl, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180821_4064
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1485
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1486
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoacuminata_wtsm2
Month Unknown Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Flower heads in an open corymb, with ~ 15 white rays & a yellow or red disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oclemena acuminata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oclemena acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Oclemena acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-011:
Aster acuminatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, mountain seepages and streambanks, other cool, moist situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, often appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Pale yellow becoming reddish
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in open corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p456
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p187
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p103
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p277
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p324
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p409
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p212