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
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stokes Aster at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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.
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070522Hayesville12b
July Clay County NC
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_070522Hayesville12ed
July Clay County NC
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
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)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p177
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p383