NameThatPlant.net: Symphyotrichum urophyllum

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

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-008:

Aster sagittifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
White Arrowleaf Aster, Arrowleaf Blue Wood Aster

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum urophyllum FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-008:
Aster sagittifolius FAMILY Asteraceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, fields, and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White to pale pink or lilac or light blue
Disc: Whitish to cream becoming reddish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in dense panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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