Oclemena reticulata (Pursh) Nesom. Common name: Pine-barren Aster. Phenology: Early Apr-early Jun. Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods. Distribution: Se. SC south through e. GA to c. peninsular FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA20, K4, POWO, WH3, Nesom (1994a); = Aster reticulatus Pursh — GW2, RAB, SE1; = Doellingeria reticulata (Pursh) Greene — S. Basionym: Aster reticulatus Pursh 1814
Links to other floras: = Oclemena reticulata - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, sometimes colonial perennial of wet pine flatwoods.
Stems: Stems usually in clumps of several, or in larger colonies; unbranched and very hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile or short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 4 1/2 in. long, conspicuously veiny, with a few widely spaced teeth and very hairy.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in somewhat flat-topped, branched, terminal clusters; heads about 1 1/2 in. wide and consisting of 5-20 narrow, white ray florets encircling a center disk of small, yellow (aging to red) tubular flowers.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect, sometimes colonial perennial of wet pine flatwoods.
stems: Stems usually in clumps of several, or in larger colonies; unbranched and very hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile or short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 4 1/2 in. long, conspicuously veiny, with a few widely spaced teeth and very hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in somewhat flat-topped, branched, terminal clusters; heads about 1 1/2 in. wide and consisting of 5-20 narrow, white ray florets encircling a center disk of small, yellow (aging to red) tubular flowers.
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