Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Doellingeria infirma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Doellingeria infirma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Doellingeria infirma
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-040:
Aster infirmus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Doellingeria infirma
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Flat-topped White Aster, Cornel-leaf Aster, Cornel-leaf Whitetop Aster, Appalachian Whitetop Aster
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_d_infirma_0004
July Iredell County NC
Five to ten white rays and a yellow disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_d_infirma_0024
July Iredell County NC
A smaller plant than D. umbellata, with a more open inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm190801_0379
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stems ascending to erect, slightly to strongly flexuous, striate, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm190801_0380
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf bases cuneate, apices acuminate, margins finely ciliate, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm190801_0381
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Phyllaries erect, lanceolate to deltate, unequal, apices narrowly rounded, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm190801_0451
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Mid cauline blades 1-nerved, venation brochidodromous, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Doellingeria infirma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Doellingeria infirma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Doellingeria infirma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-040:
Aster infirmus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Doellingeria infirma