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):
Sericocarpus tortifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus tortifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-003:
Aster tortifolius
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sericocarpus bifoliatus
COMMON NAME:
Twisted-leaf White-topped Aster, Dixie White-topped Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sebi7_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_stortifolius_014
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Inflorescence roughly flat-topped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_stortifolius_017
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Stems densely pubescent. Leaves short & twisted (unlike other Sericocarpus), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_stortifolius_313
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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JK Marlow jkm161001_130
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_131
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_145
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaf blades obovate, margins entire, faces hairy, resinous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_146
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Phyllaries in 4-5 series, thumbnail-shaped, inner more linear, unequal, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_tortifolius_7795
October SC
Manchester State Forest
Bracts at base of flowerheads distinctly green-tipped; 2-5 white ray flowers, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.