Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Read more about Symphyotrichum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-027:
Aster concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster concolor
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Virgulus concolor
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Silvery Aster
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 jkm210626_1709
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves elliptic, erect and usually overlapping, with silvery appressed hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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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
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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
Leaves sessile and broad-based but not strongly clasping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-027:
Aster concolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster concolor
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Virgulus concolor
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare to uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, Piedmont woodlands, forest edges, pine rocklands, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Whitish becoming purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in narrow wand-like panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p111
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p252
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p462
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p436
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p275
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p324
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p211
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p088