Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
White Panicle Aster is one of the "small white asters" and must be identified with care. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH Revision of the Aster lanceolatus complex (Semple & Chmielewski, 1987)
Aster lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus var. latifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033?:
Aster simplex FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Aster lanceolatus var. latifolius
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Panicled Aster, White Panicle Aster, Broad-leaved White Panicled Aster
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aster lanceolatus var. simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Revision of the Aster lanceolatus complex (Semple & Chmielewski, 1987)
Aster lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus var. latifolius
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-033?:
Aster simplex
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Aster lanceolatus var. latifolius
3402
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, other moist sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
to light blue-violet
Disc: Yellow becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Tan
Achene
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