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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Symphyotrichum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-009:
Aster undulatus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster asperifolius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster claviger
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster corrigiatus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster gracilescens
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster linguiformis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster loriformis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster mohrii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster proteus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster sylvestris
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster triangularis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster truellius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster undulatus
COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asun2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6670
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6671
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm150912_992
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Lowest stem leaves cordate, petiolate and auriculate clasping.
COMPARE
asters with heart-shaped leaves
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7306
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111008_738
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111008_742
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Cauline leaf blades sessile and cordate-clasping, and/or... [see next photo]
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JK Marlow jkm111008_744
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
[continued] ... petiolate, petiole strongly dilated to a cordate-clasping base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm111008_745
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves untoothed or weakly toothed, often wavy margined. — Ron Lance
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JK Marlow jkm111008_758
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm131002_788
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Mid- & upper stem lvs cordate or auriculate-clasping and undulate (wavy).
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JK Marlow jkm131002_789
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm131002_797
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm131002_799
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Loose panicles of blue to violet flowers, rays 12-20. — Ron Lance
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JK Marlow jkm131002_813
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Its leaves are rough, essentially entire, and have wavy margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm131002_825
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151009_413b
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries appressed, green blaze lanceolate to elongate diamond-shaped, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm151009_416
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stem densely puberulent, rarely glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm231010_5909
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries strongly unequal, green zones diamond-shaped to lanceolate, sometimes tips purplish, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm231010_5912
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm231025_6267
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Stems erect, hirtellous to glabrescent proximally to densely hirtellous distally, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8086
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8088
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8089
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8089b
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
Bracts pale with green diamond-shaped band near apex or along entire midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4815
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4817
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4821
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4823
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum undulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-009:
Aster undulatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster asperifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster claviger
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster corrigiatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster gracilescens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster linguiformis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster loriformis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster mohrii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster proteus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster sylvestris
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster triangularis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster truellius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster undulatus
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests, woodlands, glades, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes sometimes present)
Upper stem leaves sessile & clasping; lower stem leaves petiolate & clasping
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Pale violet
(rarely white)
Disc: Cream or light yellow becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in loose leafy panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p109
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p454
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p439
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p114
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p275
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p325
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p209
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