NameThatPlant.net: Oclemena reticulata

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

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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

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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image of Oclemena reticulata, Pine-barren Aster, Whitetop Aster

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
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
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary

Flower heads in corymbs

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

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