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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.
Bushy Aster is one of several species with wide-spreading, branchy growth and small heads with short pale blue to white rays -- indeed looking like a slender "bush". As a group they present a challenge to the field botanist. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum dumosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-037:
Aster dumosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster coridifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster dumosus
COMMON NAME:
Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice Button Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asdu_001_lvd
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May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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July Greenville County SC
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July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves firm, margins entire to crenulate-serrate, recurved, scabrous, per Flora of North America.
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August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Greenville County SC
Inflorescence a loose panicle with numerous bracteal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Rays 14-20, white or blue to lavender; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Involucres cylindro-campanulate. Phyllaries appressed or slightly spreading, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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October Greenville County SC
Distal cauline lvs 2-45mm x 0.5-4mm, reduced distally (abruptly on branches), per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, smooth to scabrous above, glabrous beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7705
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Pappus whitish, 3-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest