Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Thinleaf Late Purple Aster is much like Late Purple Aster (S. patens) in gestalt, but several characters differ markedly. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Clasping Aster, Thinleaf Late Purple Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asph6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster phlogifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius
3406
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich mixed hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: White with purplish lobes
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in dense panicles
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p276
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p122
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p210
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