Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eurybia avita
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia avita
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster avitus
COMMON NAME:
Alexander's Rock Aster
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_boggs1
August-September? Pickens County SC
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August-September? Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_boggs2
August-September? Pickens County SC
Inflorescence corymbiform, ray florets 8-15(-25), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_boggs3
August-September? Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_boggs4
August-September? Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_boggs5
August-September? Pickens County SC
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August-September? Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeavita_br2good
August-September?
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0305
October Pickens County SC
Phyllaries in 4-5 series, unequal, apices appressed or reflexed; outer apical zones dark green, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0309
October Pickens County SC
Ray florets 8-20, 5-10mm × 1-1.7mm. Corolla lobes of disc florets erect, triangular, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0310
October Pickens County SC
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October Pickens County SC
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October Pickens County SC
Leaf blades (1-nerved) linear to lance-linear or oblong-linear (grasslike), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0320
October Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eurybia avita
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia avita
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster avitus
2469
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In shallow soils on granitic flatrocks and granitic domes where moist from seasonal seepage, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Bluish-white to deep violet
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in flat corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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