NameThatPlant.net: Symphyotrichum shortii

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Aster shortii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster camptosorus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster shortii

INCLUDING -

Aster shortii var. camptosorus

COMMON NAME:
Short's Aster, Midwestern Blue Heart-leaved Aster

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image of Symphyotrichum shortii, Short's Aster, Midwestern Blue Heart-leaved Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_assh_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum shortii FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster shortii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster camptosorus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster shortii

INCLUDING -
Aster shortii var. camptosorus

168

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry, rocky slopes, calcareous hammocks (in FL), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

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

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet/ Pale blue-violet (rarely pinkish or white)
Disc: Cream or light yellow becoming reddish-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary

Flower heads in leafy panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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