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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See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Read more about Ampelaster at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelaster carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ampelaster carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
2641
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
Flower heads with 50-70 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p330
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p473
- 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
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