Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oclemena reticulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oclemena reticulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oclemena reticulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Oclemena reticulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-039:
Aster reticulatus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Doellingeria reticulata
COMMON NAME:
Pine-barren Aster, Whitetop Aster
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1412418176257948
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Leaves narrowly elliptic, acute to obtuse at the tip, coriaceous in texture, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oclemena reticulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oclemena reticulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oclemena reticulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Oclemena reticulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-039:
Aster reticulatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Doellingeria reticulata
2975
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in corymbs
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p118
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p360
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p164
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p112
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p103
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