Asteraceae (Compositae) > Sericocarpus (whitetop aster)
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006
Common statewide in dry soil habitats across NC.
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006
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Toothed White-topped Aster (Sericocarpus asteroides) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 Common statewide in dry soil habitats across NC. |
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Toothed White-topped Aster (Sericocarpus asteroides) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Toothed White-topped Aster (Sericocarpus asteroides) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) Thin soils over granite outrcops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 Common statewide in NC in a variety of dry soil habitats. |
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) Thin soils over granite outrcops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 |
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) Thin soils over granite outrcops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 Involucres of this species are glabrous. |
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) Thin soils over granite outrcops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 Stems are leafy, and leaves are untoothed, very narrow, and glabrous with ciliate margins. |
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus linifolius) Thin soils over granite outrcops in Alexander Co., NC 3 July 2009 Basal leaves are not dramatically larger than cauline leaves. |
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Dixie Whitetop Aster, Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus tortifolius) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in the NC sandhills. |
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Dixie Whitetop Aster, Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster (Sericocarpus tortifolius) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Note the twist in the edge of the leaves. |
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.
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