Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) Nesom. Common name: Walter's Aster. Phenology: Oct-Dec. Habitat: Pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods. Distribution: E. NC south to c. peninsular FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA20, K4, WH3, Nesom (1994a); = Aster squarrosus Walter — RAB, the name preoccupied; = Aster walteri Alexander — S, SE1; = Virgulus walteri (Alexander) Reveal & Keener. Basionym: Aster walteri Alexander 1933
Links to other floras: = Symphyotrichum walteri - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to sprawling, rhizomatous and colonial perennial of savannas, sandhills and pine flatwoods.
Stems: Stems 1-several, branched, smooth to slightly hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile-clasping, spreading or turned downward at the tip, oblong-lance-shaped to triangular, to 1 1/4 in. long, thick-firm, rough-hairy; reduced to bracts above and on branches. Lower leaves wither early.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a diffuse panicle; heads about 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 11-26 pale bluish-purple, narrow ray florets encircling a center disk of yellow tubular florets. 4-5 series of rough-surfaced, oblong-lance-shaped, pointy bracts, which are whitish with a diamond-shaped green patch, surround the bell-shaped base of each head.
Fruits: Fruit a tan-tufted achene.
Comments:
Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect to sprawling, rhizomatous and colonial perennial of savannas, sandhills and pine flatwoods.
stems: Stems 1-several, branched, smooth to slightly hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile-clasping, spreading or turned downward at the tip, oblong-lance-shaped to triangular, to 1 1/4 in. long, thick-firm, rough-hairy; reduced to bracts above and on branches. Lower leaves wither early.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a diffuse panicle; heads about 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 11-26 pale bluish-purple, narrow ray florets encircling a center disk of yellow tubular florets. 4-5 series of rough-surfaced, oblong-lance-shaped, pointy bracts, which are whitish with a diamond-shaped green patch, surround the bell-shaped base of each head.
fruits: Fruit a tan-tufted achene.
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native range: southeastern United States
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