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Toothed Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus caespitosus
Involucres narrowly campanulate to cylindric, upper bracts usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus linifolius
Involucral bracts whitish with green tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Piedmont Aster,
Eurybia mirabilis
Phyllaries acute, obtuse, or rounded at the apex, squarrose in life, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Large-leaf Aster,
Eurybia macrophylla
Bracts light green, oblong to oblanceolate, dark green ascending apex, stipitate-glandular, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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White Wood-aster,
Eurybia divaricata
Phyllaries in 4-5 series, strongly unequal, green zones distal 1/2-1/3, margins narrowly scarious, per Flora of North America.
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Heartleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Phyllaries with lanceolate diamond-shaped blaze (2-3x long as wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Heartleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Bract tips dark green. — Ron Lance
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White Arrowleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Involucral bracts with green band along midrib for nearly their entire length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Phyllaries appressed, green blaze lanceolate to elongate diamond-shaped, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Phyllaries strongly unequal, green zones diamond-shaped to lanceolate, sometimes tips purplish, per Flora of North America.
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Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Bracts pale with green diamond-shaped band near apex or along entire midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Late Purple Aster,
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens
Phyllaries in 4-7(8) series, appressed or often slightly recurved-spreading, per Flora of North America.
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Georgia Aster,
Symphyotrichum georgianum
Involucres 8-10(12)mm high, per Weakley's Flora.
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Georgia Aster,
Symphyotrichum georgianum
Phyllaries in 4-7 series, apices spreading or reflexed, often purplish, per Flora of North America.
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Low Showy Aster,
Eurybia spectabilis
Ray florets 15-35; rays 10-25mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Low Showy Aster,
Eurybia spectabilis
Phyllaries glandular-pubescent on the back and also glandular-ciliate; involucre 8-16mm high, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Low Showy Aster,
Eurybia spectabilis
Bracts green, acute, squarrose, pubescent, glandular and ciliate, the outer foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Alexander's Rock Aster,
Eurybia avita
Phyllaries in 4-5 series, unequal, apices appressed or reflexed; outer apical zones dark green, per Flora of North America.
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Eryngo-leaved Aster,
Eurybia eryngiifolia
A conspicuous rounded involucre of green bracts, per East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2005).
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Purplestem Aster,
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
Involucres hemispheric to campanulate; bracts green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Purplestem Aster,
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
Phyllaries in 4-6 series, green zones linear-lanceolate, per Flora of North America.
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Buck Creek Aster,
Symphyotrichum rhiannon
Phyllaries in 3-4 series, slightly unequal, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, per Flora of North America.
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Curtis's Aster,
Symphyotrichum retroflexum
Readily recognized by the green, leafy, strongly recurved, involucral bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Climbing Aster,
Ampelaster carolinianus
Involucral bracts whitish, green with dark green foliaceous apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Climbing Aster,
Ampelaster carolinianus
Narrow green and white bracts surround the cylindrical base of each head, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Eastern Silvery Aster,
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
Phyllaries in 3-5 series, appressed, strongly unequal, green distally, per Flora of North America.
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Eastern Silvery Aster,
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
Phyllaries & upper stem lvs moderately to densely sericeous (silky-pubescent), per Weakley's Flora.
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Stiffleaf Aster,
Ionactis linariifolia
Bracts around the head are whitish with a green midrib or all green, appressed, rough-margined, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Frost Aster,
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the apex acicular [needle-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Calico Aster,
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Involucres turbinate; bracts whitish with green midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bushy Aster,
Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
Involucres cylindro-campanulate. Phyllaries appressed or slightly spreading, per Flora of North America.
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Appalachian Flat-topped White Aster,
Doellingeria infirma
Phyllaries erect, lanceolate to deltate, unequal, apices narrowly rounded, per Flora of North America.