Doellingeria infirma (Michaux) E. Greene. Common name: Appalachian Flat-topped White Aster, Cornel-leaf Flat-topped Aster. Phenology: Late Jun-Sep. Habitat: Woodland borders, dry or dry-mesic woodlands, glades. Distribution: MA west to KY, south to SC, GA, Panhandle FL (Gadsden County), AL, and wc. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA20, K4, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, S, Tn, Va, WH3, Nesom (1993d); = Aster infirmus Michx. — C, F, G, Oh3, RAB, SE1, Tat, W, Semple, Chmielewski, & Leeder (1991). Basionym: Aster infirmus Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Doellingeria infirma - FNA20
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of woodland borders and dry to somewhat moist woodlands and glades.
Stems: Stems solitary or several from a woody crown, slender, slightly zig-zagged, mostly smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, elliptic with somewhat pointed tips, to 5 in. long (lower leaves smaller), smooth to rough above.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a widely branched, terminal cluster; heads to 1 in. wide and consisting of 5-9 well-spaced white ray florets encircling a center disk of pale yellow tubular flowers. Several series of green, narrow bracts surround the cup-shaped base of each head.
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Height: 1 1/2-3 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of woodland borders and dry to somewhat moist woodlands and glades.
stems: Stems solitary or several from a woody crown, slender, slightly zig-zagged, mostly smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, elliptic with somewhat pointed tips, to 5 in. long (lower leaves smaller), smooth to rough above.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a widely branched, terminal cluster; heads to 1 in. wide and consisting of 5-9 well-spaced white ray florets encircling a center disk of pale yellow tubular flowers. Several series of green, narrow bracts surround the cup-shaped base of each head.
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