OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum georgianum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum georgianum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Aster patens var. georgianus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:

Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster georgianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Virgulus georgianus

 

COMMON NAME:
Georgia Aster


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image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1643

June    Oconee County    SC

Plants strongly rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1645

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm0410e_14

October    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Disc florets white w purplish lobes. Anthers purplish, pollen white, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm061028_010

October    Pickens County    SC

Involucres 8-10(12)mm high, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm071018_017

October    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Mid-stem leaves clasping to auriculate-clasping, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm071018_019

October    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Heads 4-5(-6)cm across (ray tip to ray tip), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7667

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201026_7938b

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Phyllaries in 4-7 series, apices spreading or reflexed, often purplish, per Flora of North America.


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image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201026_7939

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201026_7940

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm201026_7941

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm231013_6035

October    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_georgianum

October        

image of Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia Aster

JK Marlow    jkm111113_405

November    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Symphyotrichum georgianum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum georgianum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Symphyotrichum georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Aster patens var. georgianus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster georgianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus georgianus

 

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1919

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry, rocky woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, powerline rights-of-way, primarily in places that formerly would have burned and likely been post oak or blackjack oak woodlands or savannas, also in thin soils around granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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

FLOWER:
WinterFall
Rays: Deep blue-violet
Disc: White with purplish lobes
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in narrow raceme-like or broader panicle-like arrays, branches initially spreading then ascending

FRUIT:
WinterFall
Achene

 

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