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Large Flower Aster (Aster grandiflorus) Orange Co., NC 24 Sep 2004 Most authorities now place "asters" native to the U.S. into the genus Symphyotrichum, thus the new scientific name for this species is Symphyotrichum grandiflorum. This species is uncommon in NC where it is found scattered across the piedmont and coastal plain. It is endemic to the Carolinas and Virginia. |
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Late Purple Aster (Symphyotrichum patens) = (Aster patens) Chatham Co., NC 20 Oct 2005 |
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Late Purple Aster (Symphyotrichum patens) = (Aster patens) Chatham Co., NC 20 Oct 2005 |
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New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii) Dare Co., NC 4 Nov 2005 A common aster in the NC coastal plain in savannahs, marshes, wet dunes, and pine lands. Ray flower color is variable from nearly white to bluish-violet. |
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New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii) Dare Co., NC 4 Nov 2005 |
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New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii) Dare Co., NC 4 Nov 2005 Growing at the edge of a Phragmites marsh in the back dunes at the north end of Pea Island on the Outer Banks. |
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Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster (Symphyotrichum subulatum) Hyde Co., NC 16 Sep 2006 Common in tidal marshes along the NC coast. |
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Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster (Symphyotrichum subulatum) Hyde Co., NC 16 Sep 2006 |
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Frost Aster, Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Hairy Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum, Aster pilosus) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 Common statewide in NC in a variety of open, often disturbed habitats. |
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Frost Aster, Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Hairy Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum, Aster pilosus) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 |
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Frost Aster, Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Hairy Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum, Aster pilosus) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 |
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Eastern Silver Aster (Symphyiotrichum concolor) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Statewide in NC, more common in the eastern half, this species was formerly Aster concolor. |
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Eastern Silver Aster (Symphyiotrichum concolor) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Eastern Silver Aster (Symphyiotrichum concolor) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Southern Swamp Aster, Savannah Grass-leaved Aster (Eurybia paludosa, Aster paludosus) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in NC in the coastal plain in savannas, sandhills, pososin edges, etc. |
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Southern Swamp Aster, Savannah Grass-leaved Aster (Eurybia paludosa, Aster paludosus) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Southern Swamp Aster, Savannah Grass-leaved Aster (Eurybia paludosa, Aster paludosus) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 |
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Southern Swamp Aster, Savannah Grass-leaved Aster (Eurybia paludosa, Aster paludosus) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Note the grass-like leaves. |
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Slender Aster (Eurybia compacta, Aster gracilis) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 Found in pine savannas in NC, Slender Aster is endemic to the southeastern US coastal plain. |
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Slender Aster (Eurybia compacta, Aster gracilis) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 |
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Slender Aster (Eurybia compacta, Aster gracilis) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 |
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Unidentified aster from Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 15 Oct 2006 |
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Unidentified aster from Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 15 Oct 2006 |
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Unidentified aster from Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 15 Oct 2006 |
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Unidentified aster from Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 15 Oct 2006 |
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Unknown Aster from a bog in Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 |
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Unknown Aster from a bog in Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on May 7, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu