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



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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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 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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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