OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:

Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stokesia laevis

 

COMMON NAME:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia


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JK Marlow    jkm080705_160

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm160727_465

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

In Asteraceae, styles of fertile florets have 2 stigmatic branches [bifid, bifurcate, 2-branched], per PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online.

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070522Hayesville12b

July    Clay County    NC

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070522Hayesville12ed

July    Clay County    NC

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_636

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Phyllary margins pectinately spiny-toothed (at least at base), per Flora of North America.

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_650

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Basal leaves evergreen, lance-shaped w a white central vein, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_673

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stem leaves reduced upward, becoming sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_788

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Ray flowers 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5cm long, lobes 5-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_793

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Involucres hemispheric; bracts imbricate, outer bracts foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stokesia laevis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1469

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pitcherplant bogs and moist pinelands, and also rather frequently grown as a garden plant and naturalized from cultivation in states outside its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland

Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves evergreen
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Blue/ Violet
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

 

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