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Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum dumosum +
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum dumosum +
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-037:
Aster dumosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Bushy Aster, Long-stalked Aster, Rice-button Aster
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JK Marlow jkm160913_027
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160923_736
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160926_742
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160926_743
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121004_214
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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JK Marlow jkm121004_221
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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JK Marlow jkm121004_225b
October Greenville County SC
Involucres cylindro-campanulate. Phyllaries appressed or slightly spreading, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm121005_256
October Greenville County SC
Inflorescence a loose panicle with numerous bracteal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm161012_013
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm161012_014
October Greenville County SC
Rays 14-20, white or blue to lavender; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.