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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum undulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-009:
Aster undulatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Aster
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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, per Connecticut Botanical Society.
JK Marlow jkm111008_742
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Cauline leaf blades sessile and cordate-clasping, and/or... [see next photo]
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.
JK Marlow jkm111008_745
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves untoothed or weakly toothed, often wavy margined. Ron Lance
JK Marlow jkm131002_788
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Mid- & upper stem lvs cordate or auriculate-clasping and undulate (wavy), per Connecticut Botanical Society.
JK Marlow jkm131002_799
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Loose panicles of blue to violet flowers, rays 12-20. Ron Lance
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.
JK Marlow jkm151009_412b
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries appressed, green blaze lanceolate to elongate diamond-shaped, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm151009_413b
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Bracts pale with green diamond-shaped band near apex or along entire midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
JK Marlow jkm151009_416
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Stem densely puberulent, rarely glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.