NameThatPlant.net: Sericocarpus tortifolius

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-003:

Aster tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster, Dixie Whitetop Aster

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sericocarpus tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-003:
Aster tortifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

2295

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple

Leaves cauline, basal rosette lacking, the mid-stem leaves the largest

Alternate (basal rosette absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: White
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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