Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-021:
Aster elliottii FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Symphyotrichum elliotii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_elliottii1
October Tyrrell County NC
Leaves smooth, sessile with a tapering, non-clasping base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_symph_elliottii3
October Tyrrell County NC
Similar to S. puniceum but that has auriculate leaf bases, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-021:
Aster elliottii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Aster puniceus var. elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Symphyotrichum elliotii
155
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, swamps, and marshes, mainly in the outer Coastal Plain, on tree bases, hummocks, and stumps in tidal freshwater swamps, especially where salinities may occasionally exceed 5-10 ppt, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pinkish, lavender
Disc: Cream becoming pink, reddish-purple, brown
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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