Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Ampelaster at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Symphyotrichum carolinianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-026:
Aster carolinianus FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster carolinianus
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Aster
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7905
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7906
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
Leaves lance-shaped, clasping at base, 1.5-4" long, typically < 1.25" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm201023_7907
October Greenville County SC
Lichtenfelt Nursery
Involucral bracts whitish, green with dark green foliaceous apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_1
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
Woody stems and a sprawling habit, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_1b
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_3
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
50-70 rays per head. Disc flowers yellow, turning red presumably after pollination, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_carolinianus_4
November Catawba County NC
In cultivation
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Eric Ungberg ung_20221211_190055742
December NC
in cultivation
Leaves with clasping bases [note auricles], elliptical to lance-shaped, rough on both surfaces, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Eric Ungberg ung_20221211_190109738
December NC
in cultivation
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Eric Ungberg ung_20221211_190114902
December NC
in cultivation
Narrow green and white bracts surround the cylindrical base of each head, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Symphyotrichum carolinianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-026:
Aster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster carolinianus
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Shrub; Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, thickets, marshes, streambanks, freshwater tidal marshes and swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to evergreen by production of new growth
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Purplish-blue
Disc: Yellow becoming rose-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads with 50-70 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in many-headed panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p079
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p330
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p128
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p380
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p107
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p264
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p068