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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-027:
Aster concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Silvery Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asco2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0510e_26b
October Pickens County SC
Leaves entire, mostly silky-hairy, lanceolate or oblong to broadly elliptic, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_008
October Oconee County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm061029_025
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Involucres turbinate to hemispheric; bracts whitish with green apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_044
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Flowers are borne in long narrow clusters at the tops of stem or branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm061029_061
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_concolor_concolor
October
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JK Marlow jkm131103_180
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves sessile and broad-based but not strongly clasping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm131103_221
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Phyllaries in 3-5 series, appressed, strongly unequal, green distally, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm131103_227
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Pappi tan, (3.5)4-6 mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm131103_233
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm131103_238
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151108_670
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151108_675
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Phyllaries & upper stem lvs moderately to densely sericeous (silky-pubescent), per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_concolor_2898
November Miami-Dade County FL